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VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 55

THE TUFTS DAILY Monday, November 24, 2008
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Robbery victim: Senate, Dining

Police have used Services look at
wrong location prices of food
by Ben Gittleson by Gillian Javetski
Daily Editorial Board Daily Editorial Board

Police reports have misreported the As the price of food continues to

location of an armed robbery that took
place near campus last Sunday, accord-
ing to a student who identified herself
as the victim.
Junior Liz Friedman, 20, said she
was robbed at knifepoint on the cor-
ner of Mason Street and Broadway in
Somerville. But the Somerville Police
Department told the Daily last week
that the robbery happened on Leonard
Street, two blocks away from Mason
Street. The Tufts University Police
Department (TUPD) echoed this infor-
mation in safety alerts it posted and
e-mailed to students early last week.
“I don’t want people on Leonard
freaking out and thinking their street
climb nationwide, Dining Services
and the Tufts Community Union
(TCU) Senate are looking for ways to
guarantee that on-campus options
do not become too expensive for stu-
dents.
“We are very sympa-
thetic to the struggling
economy and to the
pressures that Dining
Services is under, so
what we are trying to do
courtesy bob kelly
is accentuate the lower-
Bowdoin’s Lindsay McNamara (left) jostles for the ball with Tufts’ Amanda Roberts during cost food programs that
yesterday’s national championship game in Collegeville, Penn. McNamara scored the winning they have and make them more avail-
goal in double overtime as the Polar Bears denied the Jumbos their first-ever national title. able,” TCU President Duncan Pickard
said. “Food is something that cuts

Sudden death, sudden

isn’t safe, and I also want people on across for everyone, and there have to
Mason to know that they also should be a lot of options available for a lot
be careful,” Friedman said. She said she of different people.”
came to the Daily with this informa- In order to combat the growing

grief: Field hockey falls

tion after telling TUPD it was reporting
incorrect details and not seeing any
action.
Friedman said that while walking to
her friend’s house from the T stop in
Davis Square at around 9:30 p.m. on
Nov. 16, she was tailed by a man as
she turned from Broadway onto Mason
Street. Suddenly, the man surprised her
from behind, she said.
“He brings out this huge knife and
holds it against my stomach,” Friedman
said. “He said something like, ‘Give it
up.’” She handed over her cell phone
first, then her wallet after the assailant
repeated his demand, she said.
But the man continued pressing her,
Friedman said, explaining that the man
said something to the extent of, “Come
on, you’re coming with me.”
“At that moment, someone [in a car]
turned from Broadway onto Mason
Street,” she said. Upon seeing a car
come around the corner, the junior says
she ran the short distance to her friend’s
house on Whitman Street in “a blur.”
The Somerville police responded to the
see CRIME, page 2
Jumbos drop national title game to Polar
Bears in a double-overtime heartbreaker
by Sapna Bansil
Daily Editorial Board
One of the greatest seasons any team
on the Hill has ever compiled has come
to the most painful of endings.
The field hockey team was tantaliz-
ingly close to delivering Tufts its first-
ever NCAA team national champion-
ship yesterday afternoon in Collegeville,
Penn. But in the end, the nationally
ranked No. 4 Jumbos fell just short,
dropping a 3-2 double-overtime deci-
sion to No. 3 Bowdoin in the NCAA Div.
III title game.
Polar Bears senior tri-captain Lindsay
McNamara, Bowdoin’s all-time leading
scorer, delivered for her team one final
time, backhanding the game-winner
past freshman goalkeeper Marianna
Zak 2:02 into the second extra session.
“It’s just unfortunate that we lost the
way that we lost,” junior midfielder
Margi Scholtes said. “We had an amaz-
ing season, a ton of fun, we broke
records left and right; for it to end on
that goal and to be so close to being
national champions, it’s just hard to
understand and hard to come to grips
with. We were so close.”
Tufts’ historic 2008 campaign ends at
19-2, with both losses coming in one-goal
games against the Polar Bears. Bowdoin,
meanwhile, picks up its second national
championship in as many years, becom-
ing the sport’s first repeat champion
since Salisbury captured three straight
crowns from 2003 through 2005.
see CHAMPIONSHIP, page 12
price of food, the Senate is working to
introduce a “value menu” in Hotung
Café and the Commons, Pickard said,
noting that a wider range of meal sizes
could help students save money.
“Right now, you go into the
Commons and you can get a big $8
sandwich or you can get small side-
type items, but there really isn’t any-
thing in the middle,” he said. “Either
you spend too little money and you’re
still hungry or you spend too much
money and you’re full, and it would
be really helpful to have something in
the middle.”
Pickard said that the Senate is
working with Dining Services to put
these plans into action.
Dining Services Director Patti Klos
said that her office has already rein-
troduced some less expensive meal
options in the Commons.
“We realize that people want vari-
ety not just in the type of food, but
in the price [range], so we’ve reintro-
duced … the egg salad sandwich, the
grilled cheese and the BLT, [which]
see FOOD, page 2

Somerville considers proposals for Davis Sq. hotel
by Katherine Sawyer
Daily Staff Writer
Davis Square is now one
step closer to getting its first
hotel.
The City of Somerville
has begun considering four
detailed proposals it received
last month from developers
hoping to secure a contract,
according to city spokesper-
son Tom Champion. Many
other businesses expressed
interest before the deadline
but did not apply.
The city will analyze the rel-
atively conceptual plans over
the next few months before
narrowing down the list of can-
didates and requesting more
Emily Eisenberg/Tufts Daily
Officials are working to bring a hotel to Davis Square. see HOTEL, page 2
Senate shortens list of ideas for
recovered funds; cabin, WiFi out
by Jeremy White
Daily Editorial Board
The Tufts Community
Union ( TCU) Senate on
Nov. 16 rejected proposals
to implement campus-wide
wireless Internet
and to build a
new cabin at
the Loj with the
approximate-
ly $690,000 in
recovered funds
from the embez-
zlement scandal.
The Senate is working to
whittle down its list of pos-
sible uses for the money it
received in September in
compensation for funds
allegedly stolen by for-
mer administrators Ray
Rodriguez and Jodie Nealley.
Last week’s votes constitute
a final veto of two ideas that
had received considerable
attention in the campus dia-
logue over how to use the
money.
The Senate perennially
presses the administration
to expand wireless Internet
access to both help students
and remain competitive with
other universities.
TCU Treasurer Matt
Shapanka argued that using
the recovered funds to pay
for wireless Internet would
see FUNDING, page 2

Inside this issue Today’s Sections

Disney’s newest, “Bolt,” Three Jumbo cross coun- News 1 Editorial | Letters 8
fails to appeal to a wide try runners competed at Features 3 Op-Ed 10
audience. Nationals this weekend. Arts | Living 5 Classifieds 12
Comics 7 Sports Back
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TUPD still reports
Leonard St. online
CRIME
continued from page 1
call she made when she arrived at the
house.
The student body was not alerted to the
crime until the next evening, when TUPD
posted a public safety alert in on-campus
dormitories and sent out a campus-wide
e-mail. University police based the infor-
mation in the alert on details provided to
them by the Somerville police.
Acting Deputy Chief Paul Upton of the
Somerville Police Department told the
Daily on Tuesday that the incident occurred
at “Broadway and Leonard Avenue,” refer-
ring to Leonard Street. Reached for com-
ment yesterday, Upton said he was unable
to immediately verify how the discrepancy
arose, but that the difference should not
affect the police’s response.
“Assuming that this was the correct
location, this would not have a significant
impact on the investigation,” he said in an
e-mail.
Friedman said that TUPD Sgt. Joseph
Tilton contacted her on Tuesday regard-
ing the incident and that she gave him an
account of what happened. TUPD took an
unusually long time to contact her due to a
misspelling of her name in a police report,
she said.
Friedman explained that upon seeing
police repeatedly recount an inaccurate
location, she approached Tilton later in the
week about the error.
TUPD has yet to change the informa-
tion, and an alert posted on the university’s
Web site still says the crime took place at
Leonard Street. TUPD could not be reached
for comment yesterday.
Friedman, who lives on College Avenue,
said that she no longer feels safe around
campus and that she and her friends have
adjusted their lifestyles since the robbery.
“Everyone I know is being so much safer
about not walking outside at night,” she
said. “I won’t go anywhere at night now
without another person there or in a car
… I’ve had a lot of people talk to me who
didn’t even know it was me and said they
were concerned.”
She said Tilton told her that she could
utilize TUPD’s escort service. She said she
had never done so and is reluctant to try it
after hearing negative reports from friends
who have.
“I’ve heard a lot of people complain that
when they call for the escort service they
get a lot of attitude,” Friedman said. She
added that she would support creating a
similar, student-run service.
Last semester, the Tufts Community
Union Senate passed a resolution in the
spring that encouraged TUPD to improve
the escort service, but the body stopped
short of recommending a student-run pro-
gram.
Students’ concerns about the univer-
sity’s escort service often come to light
after crimes around campus, and incidents
like last week’s armed robbery also trigger
jumps in requests for the amenity. TUPD
Capt. Mark Keith told the Daily last week
that the increased volume of calls police
received this week reflected that trend.
The suspect in last week’s attack remains
at large. According to the description pro-
vided by TUPD, he is white, in his late 20s
or early 30s and six feet tall with a heavy
build. During the crime, he wore a back-
ward baseball hat and a green t-shirt with
an insignia on the front. He may have had
light-colored hair and been under the influ-
ence of alcohol, as he slurred his words.
Senators concerned that rising food prices force some
to choose between enjoying college and eating enough
FOOD
continued from page 1
cost slightly less,” she said. “I’ve also
tasked my managers with coming up
with some additional items, so some of
those things will be coming out spring
semester.”
TCU Parliamentarian C.J. Mourning
agreed with Pickard’s categorization of
food at the campus center as “prohibi-
tively expensive.”
“The cost of food at the campus
center is way too high,” Mourning said.
“When I took my mom to the campus
center [a few] weeks ago, we ended up
spending over $25 at the Commons.”
Klos defended the costs, saying that
Dining Services prices its items accord-
ing to the standards at local eateries.
“As far as setting prices, we set our
prices according to the local competi-
tion in the area to make sure that it is
fair,” she said, adding that while eat-
ing on campus may not be cheaper
than buying food from grocery stores,
Advisory committee in process of reviewing proposals,
will submit report to community and Somerville mayor
HOTEL
continued from page 1
concrete information, Champion
said. The content of the submissions
and the identities of the developers
are currently being kept confidential.
Champion was content with the
quality of the responses, although he
would have liked to have seen more
applications.
“We are pleased that even in a dif-
ficult economic situation, we are still
seeing significant levels of interest in
our hotel in Davis Square from part-
nerships with experience and access
to good levels of credit,” Champion
told the Daily.
“We would have loved to see more
proposals, but that we got good pro-
posals even in this time reminds us
that Davis Square is very attractive to
businesses that support the current
… activities there,” he said.
The hotel will serve many func-
tions in its place at the center of the
economically and culturally diverse
Davis Square. Champion noted the
way that Tufts and other local univer-
sities drive and support the square’s
Economic downturn makes large projects difficult
FUNDING
continued from page 1
constitute spending the student
body’s money on a project for which
the administration should be respon-
sible.
“Campus-wide wireless is a basic
amenity that most of our competi-
tor colleges have,” said Shapanka,
a senior. “It’s pretty much a stan-
dard feature of colleges and universi-
ties today, and there’s no reason the
undergraduates at any college, Tufts
or anywhere else, should have to put
their student activities money towards
a basic feature of college life.”
TCU President Duncan Pickard
estimated that setting up the wireless
network would come with an initial
price tag of between $1 million and
$1.5 million. This does not include
the cost of maintaining the system.
Also, given the school’s current
financial straits and the national eco-
nomic downturn, it does not seem
appropriate to fund something that
would require extensive upkeep, said
Pickard, a junior.
“The university would have to incur
about $250,000 yearly in maintenance
costs for things associated with the
expanding network,” he said. “That
$250,000 commitment isn’t one the
university is willing to make right
now. The Senate felt that it would
have been irresponsible to put the
money to that if it’s something that
would just be out of date in four years
anyway.”
Dean of Student Affairs Bruce
Reitman said that the administration
News
it is “definitely the most convenient”
option.
Pickard agreed on this point. “As it
is now, Tufts is very competitive [with]
restaurants that are off campus,” he
said.
Klos said that if an item is pro-
hibitively expensive, students will stop
buying it and Dining Services will be
forced to replace it with something less
costly.
“I try to give [students] the most
affordable prices that I can sell food
at,” Klos said. “If [students] can’t afford
it, then stop buying and I’ll … look for
something else.”
Klos said that she tries to offer a wide
array of food so buyers can choose from
different price ranges.
“Our ongoing strategy is to have mul-
tiple price points for a variety of prod-
ucts,” Klos said. “Everyone is feeling the
pinch, [and] we all want to keep food
as affordable as we can. I think in this
country, we are all going to have to face
identity and economic activity, and
he said the hotel must also fit into
this mold.
“We want to make sure we’re select-
ing people who have good experi-
ence working with communities, can
develop a business in an urban set-
ting, have a vision for the hotel and
can provide financially,” he said.
Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz
said she would like to see certain fea-
tures incorporated into plans for the
establishment.
“My priorities are green building
elements and amenities in the hotel,”
she said. “And I would like to see more
of a boutique-style hotel, a smaller
hotel.”
After considering each of the pro-
posals, the city expects to announce
three finalists, but may keep all the
submissions in the running.
The city will ask for more specific
plans from the final applicants and
will then do further feasibility assess-
ments. “The forms will detail the cap-
ital, ideas and special resources avail-
able to each company,” Champion
said.
is committed to providing campus-
wide wireless, but that the continuing
costs involved would make it a large
financial burden.
“Not only is the installation of wire-
less expensive, but the upkeep of it —
maintaining the [relevance] and secu-
rity of the system once you install
it — is not that easy, so it requires
an ongoing commitment and plan to
fund that,” Reitman said.
The Senate also decided against
paying for the planned construction
of the Trips Cabin at the Loj, a univer-
sity-owned house in New Hampshire
operated by the Tufts Mountain Club
( TMC). This cabin would increase the
capacity of the property, which hous-
es students on brief retreats or vaca-
tions from campus.
Shapanka said he believes that the
project is worthwhile, but suggested
that groups which would be impacted
by the construction work to secure
funding through alternate channels.
“While I do think the Loj would be
a potentially appropriate use for the
funds, I would like to see us try to do
that through our normal budgeting
process and to work with the uni-
versity to fund the Loj in other ways
besides this money,” he said.
Reitman said the cabin construc-
tion is “more feasible — one way
or another,” than installing campus-
wide wireless. He suggested a part-
nership of student government, TMC
alumni and Tufts’ undergraduate
schools similar to the one 10 years
ago that led to the construction of the
current Loj.
Monday, November 24, 2008
up to the fact that food is not going to
be as cheap as it used to be, and we’re
going to have to be more creative in our
overall budget.”
The high price of food is making some
students reconsider spending money
on entertainment events on campus,
according to Mourning.
“One of the overarching problems
on campus is the high cost of enjoy-
ing all of the different things that Tufts
has to offer, whether that’s food at the
Commons or going to a show on cam-
pus,” she said. “Sometimes the costs
are so high that it prevents students
from enjoying the overall Tufts experi-
ence.”
Pickard noted that this applies to
off-campus diversions as well. “I think
a big reason why students come to
Tufts is because there are so many great
options off campus, and it is accessible
to Boston,” he said. “We want to make
sure that students can take still full
advantage of that.”
Each of the more detailed propos-
als will include building specifica-
tions such as a drawing and a floor
plan, as well as financing informa-
tion.
The city and a technical advisory
committee are currently calculating
the potential results of the propos-
als. Champion called the process “a
complex task in the current economic
times.”
The advisory committee contains
staff from the city, an alderman and
two members from the community.
Members will present their findings
to the mayor and the community at
large.
Gewirtz, whose jurisdiction includes
Davis Square, sits on the committee.
She told the Daily that she hopes the
group can provide helpful feedback
and allow residents to be a part of the
decision.
“What I think is important is an
active community process,” she said.
She added that she feels it is crucial
to “see that the plans for the hotel
acknowledge those amenities that
Davis Square has to offer.”
He noted that the TMC is the sec-
ond largest student organization on
campus and that the Loj sees con-
siderable traffic from other student
organizations that employ it “as a
retreat or conference space.”
“There’s enough buy-in from the
population here that [the Trips Cabin],
which is financially a lot more doable
than wireless because it doesn’t have
the same continuing costs, would be
a benefit to the community,” Reitman
said.
Trustee Representative Neil DiBiase,
who worked with the administration
on wireless initiatives during his ten-
ure last year as TCU president, said
that the university’s current priority
is to uphold its commitment to giving
financial aid to all needy students,
despite the economic downturn.
“The issue is really keeping stu-
dents at Tufts,” said DiBiase, a senior.
“You can’t lobby for lights and furni-
ture when you’re talking about giving
students the opportunity to come to
Tufts. Right now, I think we’re focused
on keeping people here.”
Pickard said that the administra-
tion cannot focus its resources on a
new multimillion-dollar project given
the more urgent task of weathering an
economic storm that has translated
into a budget shortfall of approxi-
mately $36 million.
“Their top priority is to be sure that
students can stay here — through
increasing financial aid awards, if
necessary,” Pickard said. “Their sec-
ond priority is to keep the faculty and
staff that [make] Tufts what it is.”

Some foreigners don’t gobble up Thanksgiving
traditions, but still appreciate the extra time off
by Christina Pappas
Daily Staff Writer
A turkey with all the trimmings and
the fourth Thursday of November
may ring bells and incite schmaltzy
feelings for most American college
students, but for the 16 percent of
Jumbos who hail from other countries,
Thanksgiving may not represent any-
thing other than a strange new tradi-
tion and a few days off from classes.
Lois Hutchings, coordinator for
Tufts’ International Center, explained
that knowledge of the Thanksgiving
holiday, though ubiquitous in America,
is not worldwide. “Many international
students don’t really know anything
about Thanksgiving,” she said.
According to Hutchings, many inter-
national students experience their
first Thanksgiving at Tufts.
“Thanksgiving may be an unexpect-
edly disappointing day for interna-
tional students if they don’t know that
everything is closed and quiet on the
holiday,” Hutchings said. “They may
not be aware of how the day can be
lonely.”
Many international students who
cannot make it home have made plans
to spend the five-day break with near-
by friends or relatives. Sonia Susanto,
a freshman from Singapore, intends to
meet several of her friends from high
school — who also chose to attend
college in the United States — in New
York City over Thanksgiving break.
“We will just hang out, catch up
and probably have dinner together,”
she said. “It will be fun, but it won’t
be a big deal, because we don’t have
Thanksgiving in Singapore.”
Sophomore Alyssa Edoo, a “My mom’s a huge feminist,” she added, cor-
Trinidadian who had never left her
country before attending Tufts, will
not be traveling back to the Caribbean
over the break because of the inflated
prices of plane tickets during the week
of Thanksgiving. “We have five days
off, and airfare is around $800, so that
doesn’t make much sense,” Edoo said
in an e-mail to the Daily.
Edoo echoed Susanto’s sentiments,
Transfer students face unique obstacles when joining community
by Romy Oltuski
Contributing Writer
While most universities have
warmed up to the idea of accepting
transfer applicants each year, there is
no standard when it comes to smooth-
ing the path for them once they’ve
enrolled.
Worried that their transfers may
become socially or academically
disengaged with their new campus
communities, some universities have
established programs to help make
the transition a mild one. Other uni-
versities, however, take a more passive
approach to the transfer question, and
Tufts, it seems, is among them.
One of the 13 transfer students
enrolled in Tufts University last year,
now-senior Antonella Scarano was
ecstatic upon receiving her admissions
letter. She created a Facebook.com
group she called the “Lucky 13” and
bought her first Tufts sweatshirt. The
ecstasy soon wore off, though, when
she received a call from the admis-
sions office in August, informing her
that there was an unexpected influx of
freshmen and she would have to find
her own housing weeks before her first
semester at Tufts.
“It was the worst time of my life,”
Scarano said. “I really wanted to live on
campus, because I didn’t know anyone
but at that point no one could help me,
and it was just up to Craigslist.com
and Facebook.”
Taking initiative in spite of her origi-
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Turkey and cranberry sauce may seem as exotic to international students as their home
countries seem to Americans.
emphasizing that most people from
her home do not know about the holi-
day.
“I only knew about [Thanksgiving]
before I came to the States because I
watch way too much TV,” she said. “A
lot of my American friends would be
heartbroken if they couldn’t be with
their family for Thanksgiving, but it
nal setbacks, Scarano joined the Tufts
Facebook network early, found a post-
ing on Facebook Market, and had a
friend in Boston look at a house for
her. She put her name down on a
three-bedroom apartment lease with-
out even knowing enough people at
Tufts to fill the remaining two spots.
“It was so stressful,” she said.
But a month into the school year,
Scarano won a senior seat on the Tufts
Community Union Senate and was liv-
ing happily with two roommates, still
among her closest friends at Tufts.
Although the lack of guidance on
the part of the administration rallies
concern with some individuals, many
Tufts transfer students just accept it
as a fact of life — as was the case with
junior Michael Brown.
“The vibe that I got was ‘we accept-
ed you; you’re lucky to be here; here
are your transfer credits, see you at
graduation,’” Brown said after find-
ing himself in a situation similar to
Scarano’s last summer.
“They don’t baby you here,” Scarano
said.
Although Tufts may not share this
sentiment, many colleges are con-
cerned that leaving transfer students
to fend for themselves in a new envi-
ronment can put them at a social and
academic disadvantage. Transfers are
in a very different — and in some ways
more difficult — position than fresh-
men, who are surrounded by hundreds
of peers in the same transitional situa-
tion.
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doesn’t matter at all to me.”
Edoo explained that although she
now lives in America, the tradition has
not stuck. “Basically, Thanksgiving is
an American thing, even though I’m in
the country semi-permanently now,”
she said. “It’s really great, and I’m glad
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“It’s a bigger challenge to join a
group that is already established than
to get there during its formative states,”
Assistant Professor of Psychology Sam
Sommers said. “You see comparable
situations when someone is a new
person at work. It could be difficult to
join a group, though many rise up to
that challenge and succeed.”
Taking this into account, many uni-
versities take it upon themselves to
organize transfer-specific programs
and support systems.
The University of Maryland, for
example, instituted a pre-transfer
advising program to familiarize poten-
tial transfers with its academic struc-
ture. Northern Arizona University in
Flagstaff, focusing more on the social
hardship of transferring, allows its
transfers to get involved with extracur-
ricular clubs before arriving on cam-
pus.
Part of the discrepancy in program-
ming might come from sheer numbers.
The University of Maryland accepted
3,672 transfer out of an applicant pool
of 6,025. Tufts, on the other hand,
accepted only 55 transfers of the 608
applications they received, and in the
past the number has been even small-
er.
Because there is no existing com-
prehensive transfer program, the Tufts
administration is in charge of handling
newly accepted transfer students.
“Once a transfer student is admitted
see TRANSFERS, page 4
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Michael Goetzman | Spotlight
Lady in
dreads
I
t takes a certain countenance and atti-
tude — a certain type of person — to
really pull off dreads. This fact is com-
pounded when that person happens to
be a woman. It’s a hairstyle that clashes with
our flawed but prevalent notions of how a
woman is supposed to look; it takes issue
with the idea that women, being ostensibly
more dainty, refined and clean than men,
can’t have “messy” hairdos.
A girl with dreads!? What next, hairy legs?
Mustaches? Don’t say it — don’t you even
think it. Underarm hair. KABOOM! My head
just exploded.
If you are reading this, you probably go to
Tufts, so I’d say it is safe to assume you most
likely don’t think or act in accordance with
every tired gender stereotype. That’s not to
say, however, that gender norms don’t affect
you. Like it or not, seeing a brother from 123
sporting a baby blue polo with a popped
collar isn’t like seeing a girl with dreads. The
latter, somehow, is more jarring.
Enter sophomore Signe Porteshawver, the
gamine dreadlocked girl with an air of mis-
chief about her — an air, you might say, of
“knottiness.”
And what a name. It pops right out from
the page and gives the tongue some trouble
if said aloud. I’d hate to be the teacher who,
upon taking attendance on the first day of
class, comes across “Porteshawver, Signe.”
Writing it up on the blackboard, I’d probably
just point to it: “Anyone here named this?”
But as I listened to her pronounce it, I was
impressed. I’m not exactly sure why. It’s unlike
any name I’ve heard before. So, it made sense
when she told me that Porteshawver is actu-
ally a combination of her parents’ last names.
recting her posture.
And as she sat up and raised her chin in
parody of feminist rigidity, I was struck by her
all-encompassing luster; a sort of glow. You
could say that I was feeling that the powers
of the universe were at work here, that some-
thing uncanny and extraordinary was amidst
us, so I asked, “Do you believe in magic?”
“Like, real magic? No, I’m a biology major,”
she said with a smirk. “I believe in experi-
mentation.”
So how long does it take a normal head
of hair to turn into a serpentine masterpiece
like hers? Is it a feat of magic or experi-
mentation? “I didn’t shower for two years,”
she said, so coolly, so naturally, that, for a
moment, I believed her. “Wait, really?” I
asked. “Ha ha. No,” she said. “It took about
two days. I just sectioned my hair off.” Magic:
1, Experimentation: 0.
Often, I’ll guess where people are from
before asking. So what about the lady in
dreads? Surely, some densely forested area
where other willowy things reside lazily, list-
lessly listening to the leaves. Or maybe some
free-loving sub-culture safe-haven where
dreads hang as copiously as ash from the
tips of marijuana cigarettes. San Francisco?
Austin? Amsterdam?
Nope. None of the above: Davenport,
Iowa. Cozily situated next to the Mississippi,
Davenport is described by Signe as being not
quite rural and not quite urban — but plenty
boring.
“In high school, I was straight stone-cold
sober,” she said, adding that most of the
people at her high school weren’t the sort
that she’d like to carouse with. She didn’t have
dreads back home either. Hearing this, I was
a little surprised. Mostly because I just can’t
imagine her without them.
But soon we’ll all have to, for there is only
one way to rid oneself of dreads. Oh yes,
the buzz-cut. Like G.I. Jane, Natalie Portman
and Ms. Spears before her, Signe will enter
the annals of bold haircuts as she embraces
that other hairstyle foreign in the realm of
women. I have no doubt that it will be glori-
ous — a triumph — and I wish her luck.
Michael Goetzman is a sophomore who has
not yet declared a major. He can be reached
at Michael.Goetzman@tufts.edu.
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Compared to other universities, Tufts relatively hands-off with transfers
TRANSFERS
continued from page 3
and accepts our invitation to enroll, the
process of socialization and acclima-
tion falls on the shoulders of Student
Services in Dowling,” Associate Director
of Admissions Denny Paredes said.
Student Services does take certain
basic measures, like assigning transfer
students advisors and organizing the
transfer student orientation. The orien-
tation tends to lump transfer students
with the incoming freshman class,
ignoring the very different needs of the
older students.
“We felt like the ugly stepsister of the
freshmen,” said Angela Winston, a sopho-
more who transferred from Smith College
this fall. “Transfers are in a different place
than other incoming students.”
Oftentimes, even academic advisors
are oblivious to the unique position of
their transfer advisees. Winston, who
came from a school with virtually no
distribution requirements, felt that she
did not receive the help she needed
from her advisor.
“My advisor didn’t take into account
the fact that I was a transfer and really
forgot to help me through the require-
ment process,” she said.
Somehow, though, despite the chal-
lenges, happy endings like Scarano’s
are not rare. Even without a specific
program catered to them, most trans-
fer students at Tufts are as engaged
in campus social life as the rest of the
student body, if not more. This trend
may be largely attributed to the type of
people who choose to transfer schools
in the first place.
“From what I’ve seen, a lot of the
transfers are super outgoing people,”
Brown said. “If you’re already willing
to uproot your life to go do something
better, then it’s not as big of a challenge
— they have a ‘don’t talk about it; be
about it’ attitude.”
Most transfer students agreed that
they tend to be very involved and curi-
ous, demonstrated best, perhaps, by
the measures they took to get where
Once their applications are accepted at Bendetson Hall, transfer students are more or less on their own.
they are. Sophomore transfer student
Lara Vancans, who interviewed to be a
tour guide last week, said, “I have a lot
of transfer student friends and they’re
all involved on campus ... We’re here
because we want to be here.”
Because most transfer students are
driven to join clubs, visit deans and
talk to orientation leaders without a
structured program to assist them, the
Features
administration’s lack of involvement has
not yet stirred too many complaints.
“We know it’s really up to us to advo-
cate for ourselves,” Winston said.
Still, many transfers hope that the
university will take on a bigger role in
helping transfer students adjust in the
future, or improve the transfer student
orientation.
Some have assumed a more proac-
Jumbos far from home find alternative
ways to celebrate on and around the Hill
THANKSGIVING
continued from page 3
that [Americans] celebrate it, but to me
it’s just a few much-needed days off
from school.”
Shreya Maitra, a junior from London,
shared Edoo’s views.
“I like Thanksgiving because it gives
me a break from school, not because of
any sentimental value,” she said.
Though many international students
plan to visit old friends or family mem-
bers who live nearby over Thanksgiving
break, others have chosen to remain on
campus to take advantage of the rela-
tive peace and quiet.
Andrew Choi, a sophomore who calls
Hong Kong home, plans to enjoy a
relaxed break on campus with sev-
eral of his friends who will also stay at
Tufts.
“It’s just convenient to stay here,
because it’s a good time for me to catch
up and get things done,” Choi said. “I
can play guitar, do work, play sports
[and] watch TV.”
Hutchings said that she is unaware
of precisely how many internation-
al students remain on campus for
Thanksgiving break, but she expressed
that the International Center tries
to provide options for those who do,
including the annual Thanksgiving pot-
luck, which was held this past Friday.
In addition to options on campus,
the International Center offers stu-
dents opportunities to take part in
Thanksgiving celebrations in the near-
by community.
“We offered the chance for stu-
dents planning to stay on campus to
be matched up with a local family for
a real Thanksgiving meal,” Hutchings
said.
Every family participating in the
program has been matched up with an
international student. Hutchings said
that if the program is successful, it will
be implemented again next year.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Andrew Morgenthaler/Tufts Daily
tive role themselves, like Brown, who
wishes to start a social organization
for transfer students, and Scarano, who
advocates for transfer programming on
Senate.
“People don’t realize how hard it is to
be a transfer student,” Scarano said. “At
the end of the day you want a mentor,
you want to know where you are and
you want to not feel lost.”
Additionally, some Tufts students
have volunteered on their own to host
a foreign friend. Freshman Cameron
Bradley invited his friend, freshman
Firas Said, to spend the holidays with
his family in Connecticut, since a trip
back home to Lebanon for Said is not a
feasible option for the five-day break.
“Firas told me that he had nowhere
to go for Thanksgiving, so I just invit-
ed him to my place,” Bradley said.
“It’s kind of weird that it’s his first
Thanksgiving, but I think it’ll be a good
time.”
Other American students live far
enough from Tufts that the journey
home is impractical. Elizabeth Roberts,
a freshman from San Francisco, plans
to spend the holiday with relatives in
Washington, D.C.
“I went to boarding school, so I’m
used to being away from home,” she
said. “It doesn’t really bother me.”
Not all students share Roberts’ views,
however, and for some, the prospect
of spending Thanksgiving away from
home is not a happy one. Freshman
Maya Kohli, whose family lives in
Oregon, said she wishes she could go
home for the holidays.
“The tickets are super expensive,
but I’m kind of bummed that I can’t go
home, especially when I hear everyone
else talking about how excited they
are,” she said.
The advantages of living nearby were
similarly apparent to several other stu-
dents. “American kids have the luxury
of going home over the short breaks,
while I only go home over winter and
summer breaks,” Choi said.
Despite the setbacks of attending
college so far from home, most inter-
national students agreed that their
education was worth the hassle.
“It’s not as hard as I expected to be far
away from my family and home,” fresh-
man Lily Chongkamanont of Thailand
said. “I really like it here.”
 Arts & Living
MovIe Review
Despite the cuteness factor, ‘Bolt’
can’t match past animated giants
Lauren Gluck
by
Daily Staff Writer
Film animation has experienced a
rebirth in recent years as studios have all
but completely traded in their drawing
Bolt
Starring John Travolta, Miley
Cyrus, Sussie Essman
Directed by Byron Howard
pencils for computers. Audiences around
the globe have been receptive to these
technologically savvy films, which are
both visually stunning and mentally grip-
ping for the whole family. They include
such gems as DreamWorks Animation’s
“Shrek” franchise and Pixar Animation
Studios’ “Toy Story” series.
“Bolt,” Walt Disney Animation Studios’
tale of a sheltered television-star dog is
the latest CGI (computer-generated imag-
ery) flick to take advantage of audiences’
renewed excitement following the release
of Pixar’s “WALL-E” this summer. While
“Bolt” is a fun family film, it does not mea-
sure up to the high standards viewers have
Video Game Review
‘Fable’ fantasy fails to emotionally involve player
by Vikram Kumar
Contributing Writer
To its credit, “Fable II” offers players
the unique opportunity to shoot some-
one with a blunderbuss to steal celery,
Fable II
Lionhead Studios
Xbox 360
clothed only in the top-hat looted from
the last person who was blunderbussed in
the face. Unfortunately, even the creative
made-up words can’t compensate for a
simple lack of entertainment value. Like
its predecessor, “Fable II” is a sandbox
fantasy game set in the world of Albion.
Despite its charming art direction, the
game is highly flawed in execution.
On a purely mechanical level, the game
is weighed down by questionable design
decisions. There are only a handful of dif-
ferent enemies in the game, making com-
bat repetitive. If a character is ever slain,
he simply gets back up, making death
effectively meaningless. Players can use
their earned experience to level up their
melee, ranged or magic skills, but the cost
rises so quickly that the most fun aspects
of the combat system aren’t unlocked
until late in the game. Most confusingly,
enemies don’t drop money, so adventures
are financed through acceptance of mun-
dane side jobs. There’s nothing like chop-
ping wood in a video game to make one
reconsider how many hours are wasted in
front of the TV.
These faults could be forgiven in a
more endearing game, but the funda-
mental problem with “Fable II” is that it
expects players to become emotionally
invested in its world without ever offer-
ing a single reason to do so. Those who
decide to take the heroic path through
the game can expect to spend a sizable
chunk of time with the expression wheel.
The sole means of interacting with the
other characters in the world is through
cartoonish pantomimes. The humor in
these situations wears thin when play-
ers are found dancing for the umpteenth
mob of faceless, slack-jawed villagers to
convince them of the character’s her-
This dog is smiling because he knows John Travolta tried to convert Miley Cyrus to Scientology
during the filming of this movie. Now what could make someone happier than that?
come to expect from animated movies.
“Bolt’s” titular character, voiced by John
Travolta, is an American White Shepherd
who unwittingly stars in his own action/
adventure television series, also entitled
“Bolt.” To ensure emotional performances
by the canine star, the series’ production
crew never lets Bolt know he is part of a
The best thing about “Fable II” is the loyal canine sidekick.
oism. It’s difficult to feel anything but
frustration with these characters when
communication commands are limited
to “dance,” “flex” and the increasingly
tempting “apply axe to face.”
For those who snap and decide to play
as a villain, very little actually changes.
“Fable II” is fond of giving the player the
illusion of world-changing choices, but
it quickly becomes apparent how shal-
low the system often is. Regardless of
how evil players act, the story remains
unchanged and always treats the pro-
tagonist like a paragon of virtue. Players
can break the law by stealing or assault-
ing civilians, but the guards are willing to
overlook a three-county rampage for the
simple promise not to do it again, even if
the action is immediately repeated. But
even if the hero and his faithful canine
companion decide to purge the country
to increase worker efficiency and party
loyalty, don’t expect it to last. Identical
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TV program. They don’t let the pooch see
any production equipment, they never re-
shoot, and, most importantly, they never
let Bolt off the set.
Bolt’s ignorance becomes a problem
when the latest episode of his show ends
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villagers with different names spawn to
replace the ones who are killed, and the
only result is that towns end up looking
a little dirtier.
These kinds of superficial changes are
at the heart of “Fable II”. This is a game
that is terrified of having its vision ruined
by players’ individual decisions, so it
severely limits the options every turn.
The player has no real say in how the
story progresses or the world evolves.
The kindest thing that can be said
about “Fable II” is that it gives players a
pet dog. He is adorable and loves trea-
sure chests. Frankly, it loves treasure way
more than it loves the hero, but at least it’s
upfront about the nature of the relation-
ship. So what if it’s only sticking around
for the precious sparklies? The dog is
willing to slog its way through “Fable
II” at the hero’s side, and that’s the best
emotional connection anyone can expect
to find in this game.
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Grant Beighley | Pants Optional
Wanna trade
grandmas?
I
t’s hard to believe, but Thanksgiving
week is already here, and you’re most
likely going to have to go home to your
family for a few days, whether you like
it or not. And when I say “it,” I’m referring
to your family.
Maybe it’s because I have no life, but for
whatever reason, I keep catching glimpses
of made-for-TV movies on ABC Family
or other inane channels that are pitching
some heartwarming story for the holidays.
You know the type. The voiceover usually
goes something like this: “He was a deaf-
mute with webbed feet. She was a Cocker
Spaniel. But one magical day, they learned
what it means to be a family.”
Besides the miracle-oriented stories,
there are always a bevy of movies or TV
shows that depict “normal” families doing
whatever “normal” things are usually
expected during the holidays. Grandparents
tell stories of Christmases past, the family
gathers in the kitchen, and father wears his
festive sweater that’s kept in a hyperbaric
chamber for the other 11 months of the
year.
Here’s a shock — this isn’t real. There is
no such thing (nor was there ever, nor will
there ever be) as a normal family. My family
has issues, your family has issues and that
really rich family that always looks perfect
and drives around in the BMW X5 has more
issues than anyone else.
Although it may seem that this is a point
that’s already been pushed enough, I don’t
think it really has. Many people with whom
I converse are reticent to give out the juicy
details about just how hilariously messed-
up their Thanksgivings are.
Thanksgiving dinners are some of the
funniest events a human being can wit-
ness if he properly distances himself from
the situation. On this day of love and
giving of thanks, Mom wakes up early to
cook and silently resents everyone else
for not helping. Grandma and Grandpa
show up complaining about how they
forgot their back pills, and Uncle Stuben
proceeds to get drunk by noon. You can’t
make this up.
The overarching point of this is that our
society has made it seem that the “normal”
families we see on TV actually do exist and
that there’s something inherently wrong
with your family because they don’t func-
tion like that.
What’s even worse (for me at least) is
that the modern media have begun to play
upon the “no such thing as normal” theme
in the content of their programs, yet all of
the stories still have a happy ending, or if
they don’t end happily, they end with some
grand cathartic tragedy.
At the end of Thanksgiving Day, no one
in your family will die, no one will be
kicked or punched and, almost assuredly,
you won’t all share a smile and realize how
amazingly great your family is. In real life,
you just hug Grandma goodbye, wait until
she’s driven away, and then make a snide
remark regarding her 20-minute rant about
how Obama is a terrorist.
But take solace in this: Everyone else out
there, whether they readily admit it or not,
goes through the same thing. To reference
Jessie Borkan’s column from last week, you
are not “that crazy person” for noticing that
your family functions in very unique and
deviant ways.
The best thing you can do is laugh at
your family, and if your family is really cool,
you can laugh with them at how “messed
up” you all really are.
Grant Beighley is a senior majoring in
English. He can be reached at Grant.
Beighley@tufts.edu.
6 The Tufts Daily Arts & Living
Top five albums
The following are the top five albums played by the DJs at
WMFO during the past seven days:
5
Either Bolt is swinging away from the train or thousands of children will soon be traumatized for life.
amazon.com Hamster named Rhino charges life into ‘Bolt’
Robyn Hitchcock, “I Often Dream of
Trains” Yep Roc Records, 2007; BOLT
continued from page 5
with his on-screen and off-screen “person” (“mas-
ter” was perhaps too off-color), Penny (voiced by
Miley Cyrus), being abducted. Naturally, Bolt is
frantic, and he escapes in an attempt to rescue her
as soon as the opportunity presents itself.
The premise, while clever, can be quite confus-
4
ing to the young crowd that is generally attracted
to cute dogs and animated movies. It is refreshing
for a mainstream movie not to underestimate the
audience, but certain parts of the film feel like the
creative team tried too hard to arouse adult interest.
At one point, for example, a character proclaims
that she is full as evidenced by her “distended” belly.
The multigenerational appeal of “Shrek,” however,
was that the same jokes were at once superficially
funny to children and more suggestive to adults.
amazon.com
Once out in the real world (which, to Bolt, is no
Marian Anderson, “Spirituals” RCA, different from the production set that is his home),
1999; Bolt begins his search for Penny, which takes him
from Manhattan back to Hollywood. He teams up
with a mangy alley cat, Mittens (Susie Essman),
and a TV-obsessed hamster, Rhino (Mark Walton),
who help him make his way home. The two side-
kicks also aid Bolt as he experiences a “Truman
Show” (1998)-esque identity crisis and reluctantly
learns how to be a real dog.
3
It is in Bolt’s westward journey that the audience
sees the heart and the humor of the film. Both
Bolt and Mittens come to terms with their rela-
tionships with humans and the disappointment
that accompanies being loyal and subservient. At
the very least, the emotions expressed by these
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Girl Talk, “Night Ripper” Illegal Art,
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Spoon, “Gimme Fiction” Merge
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Radiohead, “Kid A” Capitol, 2000.
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characters will result in viewers rushing home to
shower the family pet with love and affection. If
“Bolt” is slightly more successful with its Disney-
moral-preaching, the characters will leave lasting
impressions about the give and take of interper-
sonal relationships.
In this sense, the movie does somewhat suc-
ceed in emulating the smart, sweet stories of Pixar
films, even if it takes a little reading into. “Bolt” is
a rare foray from Disney into CGI animation inde-
pendent of its subsidiary Pixar; unfortunately, the
separation is fairly obvious. “Bolt’s” animation is
significantly less striking, innovative and consis-
tent than anything put out by Disney/Pixar since
“Toy Story” (1995). That is not to say the graphics
are lousy; however, “Bolt” is glaringly sub-par to
past Disney/Pixar collaborations.
Even if the animation isn’t enough to fill the
seats, “Bolt” is full of silly situations and zany
characters that provide ample laughs. The high-
light, though, is Rhino the hamster, who is as
intense and excitable as a small rodent in a
plastic ball can be. As Bolt’s ultimate fan, Rhino
reminds viewers what a real sidekick is supposed
to encompass: fierce loyalty and a penchant for
troublesome antics.
While “Bolt” does not quite live up to the expec-
tations of recent animated masterpieces, it is still
an entertaining ride from which everyone goes
home happy. And if the viewer isn’t satisfied by
the happily-ever-after Disney ending or cinema’s
greatest hamster sidekick, there’s still one thing
that can make even the most hardened of individu-
als smile: a puppy.
Jaffar Mahmood, who was fea-
tured in last week’s Weekender
Interview, knew he wanted to make
movies a long time before he even
began writing the script for what
would become “Shades of Ray,”
which screened last night in Braker
001. The film was written, directed
and produced by Mahmood, and for
this Daily reporter, redefined what
could be qualified as “Indie” film.
The movie is based around the
love life of Ray Rehman, a 20-some-
thing Tufts Grad living in LA attempt-
ing to make it as an actor, and
the influence his ethnicity exerts
on his romantic choice. Ray’s father
is Pakistani and his mother is a
white Catholic, leading him to ques-
tion his choice to marry a white
woman when another ethnic female
“mutt,” as he calls it, comes into the
picture.
While the issues of race are open-
ly addressed throughout the film,
the story is, at its most basic level,
a romantic comedy of epic propor-
tions. Not only must Ray figure out
how he identifies himself, but he
must also decide how big a role race
can truly play in his love life. Ray is
played to perfection by Zachary Levi,
best known for his role as Chuck on
the NBC show of the same name.
To read more, visit the Arts blog,
“The Scene,” at www.tuftsdaily.
com.
— by Grant Beighley
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8 The Tufts Daily Editorial | Letters Monday, November 24, 2008

EDITORIAL
THE TUFTS DAILY
Robert S. Silverblatt
Filling stomachs without emptying pocketbooks
Editor-in-Chief Across the country, people are feeling the little bit more for the additional convenience. a cup of coffee or a show more accessible and
financial strain as the price of food continues The point is not to demand subsidized food students’ overall campus experiences more
Editorial to skyrocket. Not surprisingly, many in the but instead to make sure that the university enjoyable.
Rachel Dolin Managing Editors Tufts community have to choose between is offering a broad range of options so that Also, part of what is making the recession
Kristin Gorman food and fun or between food and other students across the board can leave dining so particularly insidious is that it at least
Jacob Maccoby Editorial Page Editors necessities on a daily basis. facilities happy with both the quality of the marginally affects almost every aspect of life.
Jason Richards Tufts Community Union President food and the weight of their wallets. Some price increases — like those in pub-
Harrison Jacobs
Vittoria Elliott Duncan Pickard is currently working with With so many activities, from getting cof- lic transportation, airfare and movie tickets
Dining Services to lighten the load on many fee with friends to taking a late-night study — are individually small, but the aggregate
Giovanni Russonello Executive News Editor of Tufts’ already financially strapped students break, revolving around food that is becom- impact sneaks up on families in unexpected
Sarah Butrymowicz News Editors by offering more reasonably sized meals. ing increasingly harder to afford, having ways. At first, these added expenses seemed
Pranai Cheroo These could fill the happy medium between some cheaper options would enable stu- easy to internalize — a few more cents here
Nina Ford paltry but cheap side dishes and expensive, dents to enjoy social benefits without having and there did not faze many people. But
Ben Gittleson
Gillian Javetski gargantuan ones that often remain unfin- to worry about breaking the bank. Added only when we started to realize that expenses
Jeremy White ished. variety would also allow them to eat a more around the margins, the ones that were pre-
The Tufts campus and the surround- healthy proportion of food that would leave viously written off as meaningless, added up
Alexandra Bogus Assistant News Editors
Michael Del Moro ing areas offer a plethora of entertainment them pleasantly satisfied rather than overly did we really even start to comprehend the
options. Exploring Boston, going to the mov- full or, conversely, only slightly less hungry situation in which we now find ourselves.
Carrie Battan Executive Features Editor ies and seeing concerts are all part of the than they were before. Moving forward, one of the best things
Jessica Bidgood Features Editors college experience, and students are eager Certainly, no amount of money saved on we can do is to take a step back and look at
Robin Carol to take advantage of them. Dining Services the occasional sandwich is going to amount the larger picture, and that’s what Dining
Kerianne Okie sets its prices by looking at what other eater- to an expensive plane ticket or a sizable por- Services and the Senate appear to be doing.
Charlotte Steinway
ies in the area charge, and this is perfectly tion of tuition (at least not immediately), but If that means fighting the economic battles
Sarah Bliss Assistant Features Editors fair; some students are even willing to pay a it will make the small, everyday comforts like on the sandwich front, then so be it.
Meghan Pesch

Mike Adams Executive Arts Editor

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Jessica Bal Arts Editors
Grant Beighley
Sarah Cowan
Catherine Scott

Emma Bushnell Assistant Arts Editors

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Jyll Saskin Executive Op-Ed Editor

Jwala Gandhi Assistant Op-Ed Editors

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Harrison Jacobs
Ellen Kan
Andrew Rohrberger
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Thomas Eager Executive Sports Editor

Sapna Bansil Sports Editors

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David Heck
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Kelsey Anderson
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Jennifer Iassogna
Layout Editors
Thanksgiving becoming obsolete
Julia Izumi
Andrew Petrone by Wes Young $47 for Halloween last year, according Actually, almost everyone I’ve talked
Muhammad Qadri Daily O’Collegian to a survey Visa published. That same to in the last few days has expressed
Daniel Simon
Amani Smathers American spends $935 for Christmas, amorous feelings toward the holiday
Steven Smith Thanksgiving, the holiday that takes according to the American Consumer stepchild.
Katie Tausanovitch place every year between increas- Credit Council. Americans spend $4 Thanksgiving is a time to be with
Adam Raczkowski Executive Technical Manager ingly popular Halloween and beloved per person on the Thanksgiving meal, family and friends. I love spending my
Christmas, has become corporate according to the American Farm Bureau. day helping prepare the feast, watching
Michael Vastola Technical Manager America’s unwanted holiday stepchild. So the older, wiser, better-educated men football, talking with family and eat-
Hena Kapadia Executive Online Editor Across America, people are prepar- and women with fancy titles like CEO, ing the feast. It’s a time to be thankful
ing to celebrate Christmas. By this time COO and CFO have done their best to for what we have been given, not what
Minah Kim Online Editors next week, the nation’s retailers will be skip the pesky little holiday. we’re planning on receiving.
Matt Skibinski New Media Editor making their lists and checking them Sure, they throw in some sales on It’s fun and rewarding to give back on
twice to ensure they have plenty of this turkeys and trimmings, but nothing Thanksgiving, too. I’ve always enjoyed
Kelly Moran Webmaster season’s sought-after products on the says “Happy Thanksgiving from corpo- going to church with my family and
Caryn Horowitz Executive Copy Editor shelves for the masses on Black Friday. rate America” like watching a Wal-Mart serving a free meal to those who want
Each year, the Christmas season — greeter dressed as a pirate set up a it. Those in need teach a lesson in
Grace Lamb-Atkinson Copy Editors cleverly disguised as the “holiday sea- Christmas tree on Halloween. I sup- thankfulness everyone should learn,
Michelle Hochberg
Ben Smith son” by those who are politically correct pose giant cornucopias are too hard to and the love many Americans have for
Christopher Snyder and employed by Hallmark and a num- find. Personally, I love Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving reminds us money is not
Elisha Sum ber of retail companies — starts earlier and I know many people who love it too. all that matters.
Ricky Zimmerman
and earlier.
Brianna Beehler Assistant Copy Editors Think for a moment about the Macy’s
Casey Burrows
Alison Lisnow
Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the
pinnacles of Thanksgiving traditions.
Corrections
Rachel Oldfield
Mary Jo Pham It’s put on by a department store and The Nov. 13 article, “Schanzer: Civil war divides Palestine,” incorrectly stated that
Lily Zahn despite being a tradition is a cleverly Jonathan Schanzer’s speech was cosponsored by the Jewish Policy Center and Tufts’ Friends
designed marketing plan. Macy’s Web of Israel. In fact, it was cosponsored by Tufts’ Friends of Israel and the David Project Center
Malcolm Charles Executive Business Director site admits it, stating the themes of the for Jewish Leadership.
balloons and floats “should be based in The Nov. 20 article, “BU student, Harvard professor counter RIAA suit by challenging
Dwijo Goswami Receivables Manager
entertainment, institutionally showcas- campaign’s constitutionality,” incorrectly stated that the Recording Industry Association of
Brenna Duncan Head Ad Manager ing a sponsor’s promotional message.” America (RIAA) is suing Boston University Student Joel Tenenbaum. The RIAA is not the
The Tufts Daily is a nonprofit, independent newspaper, pub-
How did this happen? It’s capitalism at plaintiff in the case; Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Bros. Recording, Inc., Atlantic
lished Monday through Friday during the academic year, and its best — or should I say worst. Despite Recording Corporation, Artista Records, LLC and UMG Recordings, Inc. are. It is true that
distributed free to the Tufts community. enormous turkey and cranberry sales, Tenenbaum filed a countersuit against the companies and has recently tried to add the RIAA
P.O. Box 53018, Medford, MA 02155 Halloween and Christmas bring in more to that countersuit.
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Time for a new generation to lead
by Alan D. Solomont
On the night of Nov. 4, as I stood in Chicago’s Grant Park
with my wife Susan and our teenage daughter Stephanie, over-
come with emotion and surrounded by throngs of celebrants,
I couldn’t help recalling the last time I stood in that park. What
a difference 40 years had made.
It was a summer’s night in 1968, another watershed moment
in American politics, but not one of hope and possibility. It was
a moment of profound sadness and lost opportunity when a
great shadow seemed to descend over the land.
As a college student, I attended the 1968 Democratic
National Convention in Chicago as a page to the Massachusetts
delegation. I was on the floor next to former Speaker of the
House John McCormack on the night then-Vice President
Hubert Humphrey was nominated over the anti-war candi-
date and then-Sen. Gene McCarthy (D-Minn.).
As the band played “Happy Days Are Here Again,” television
monitors in the back of the convention hall reported on events
happening in Grant Park. What would later be called a “police
riot” was unleashed against members of my generation who
were demonstrating against the Vietnam War.
When the convention adjourned, we returned downtown
in buses, and many of us went to Grant Park for a candle-light
vigil to mark what had happened that evening in the Park, as
well as what took place on the convention floor.
Later, I came to realize I’d witnessed the fracturing of the
Democratic Party, as the White House became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Republican Party for the better part of 25
years.
As for me, 1968 soured me on electoral politics. After gradu-
ating, I moved to Lowell, Mass., to work for change in a differ-
ent way — by practicing grassroots politics as a community
organizer. It was similar to the work another community orga-
nizer would do on the South Side of Chicago a decade later.
Something else happened that night in Grant Park 40
years ago, though. The generation into which I was born, the
Baby Boom generation, once filled with so much promise for
America, lost its opportunity to lead America.
Boomers came of age hearing the echo of President John F.
Kennedy’s words, infected by the hope of a civil rights move-
ment and the optimism of a war on poverty and emboldened
by a sense of empowerment that we could end a war. We saw
our dreams dissipate in urban riots, the assassination of our
heroes and on a summer’s night in Chicago.
Our generation got a second chance to lead in 1992, and we
did much better. But along with the best of our idealism and
energy, we brought to the national stage a lack of discipline and
narcissism. Again, the nation reacted as it had before, electing
and re-electing George W. Bush, a baby boomer with a different
outlook. We were a polarizing generation.
Now, standing there on election night, those memories
Groundbreaking civil-military dialogue at Tufts
by James Nadel and Bruce Ratain
The incoming Obama administration will face a tremen-
dous variety of foreign policy challenges. In Iraq, the president
will have to translate temporary improvements in security into
lasting political and economic progress. In Afghanistan, he will
inherit a war with an ascendant Taliban presence and no clear
path to victory. Pakistan teeters on the edge of destabilization
by violent extremists who would seek to take possession of
that country’s nuclear arsenal. China is flexing its muscles in
East Asia; the U.S.-sponsored Ethiopian invasion of Somalia
has generated millions of refugees and a thriving piracy indus-
try there; drug gangs threaten the government of Mexico and
have drifted north of the border; and the list goes on.
All these different challenges have one thing in common:
Successful crisis management will require robust civil-military
relations, both in Washington’s halls of power and in the field.
Nearly every aspect of U.S. foreign policy is affected by the
U.S. armed forces, arguably the largest single institution in
the world. Whether you are pro- or anti-war, a Democrat or
Republican, a pacifist or an interventionist, a thorough under-
standing of America’s engagement with the world requires a
thorough understanding of the U.S. military.
Unfortunately, at Tufts we seldom have the opportunity
to interact with individuals in uniform. Students may see
ROTC cadets walking to class, but that is the extent to which
the vast majority of our campus population encounters the
armed forces. To try and change this — and to foster inter-
actions between two worlds that do not normally meet —
the Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services
(ALLIES) held its annual Intellectual Roundtable in October
2007.
ALLIES is a student-led initiative that started at the Tufts
Institute for Global Leadership and has now put down roots in
the Air Force, Military and Naval Academies. Through a com-
bination of attending one others’ conferences, participating
in crisis-simulation exercises and joint research projects, this
innovative group fulfills an aspect of leadership development
— a command of civil-military relations — that is beneficial
for any citizen but essential for anyone who seeks to serve
an informed and successful U.S. foreign policy. By targeting
future leaders during their formative undergraduate years,
ALLIES helps prepare them in a forward-looking manner. As
the initiative grows to include more schools and students, this
investment in the future will prove more cost-effective than
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of four decades and all the changes I have seen in American
politics ran through my mind as I watched a crowd that was
filled first with relief and then with unrestrained jubilation over
Barack Obama’s victory. It was a stunning moment. In what
seemed like the blink of an eye, the cloud which had cast its
shadow across America and the world was lifted, and a new
day dawned.
Election night in Grant Park saw the end of an era and a new
one’s beginning. Barack Obama’s ascension represents the
turning of a page from one generation to another.
The Obama-Biden ticket carried voters between the ages
of 18 and 29 by better than two to one and voters between the
ages of 30 to 44 by a decisive seven-point margin. The time
has come for a new generation to lead as witnessed on that
night.
Standing once again in Grant Park with my wife Susan and
our teenage daughter Stephanie, I felt a surge of confidence in
reorienting mid-career professionals toward an emerging
whole-of-government environment.
The Intellectual Roundtable is now in its second year and
has both catalyzed the development of the organization and
come to represent the inclusive spirit of ALLIES. As it did pre-
viously, this roundtable included a host of leaders and profes-
sionals from the civilian and military sides of foreign policy.
Cadets, midshipmen and faculty from the military service
academies, state department officials, researchers from edu-
cational institutions — such as Harvard, Tufts and the Naval
Postgraduate School and other civilian and military profes-
sionals from the Department of Defense — joined ALLIES
students at this gathering.
Through a combination of panels and discussions, this
very diverse group contributed to everyone’s education and
laid the groundwork for future relationships. Panels addressed
such topics as the pros and cons of cooperation between the
Department of Defense and academic social scientists and
how the international community can help reform the secu-
rity sectors of weak and potentially unstable governments
abroad.
But what really distinguishes the event is the roundtable
format. Discussions of a topic, such as how to increase citi-
zens’ — especially civilians’ — sense of responsibility during
times of war, occur in small groups around the room. Each
table seats four to eight people, the composition of which
is meant to be a microcosm of the event as a whole. So, for
example, one table might host one student each from Tufts
and the three service academies, along with officials from the
State and Defense Departments. The table to their left could
be having a discussion on the same topic, between students,
government researchers and faculty from the world of aca-
demia. In this way, ideas on how to increase civil-military
cooperation can be recorded and incorporated into future
ALLIES events, and the organization itself builds an increas-
ingly cohesive and representative network.
But why is all of this important? Our two current wars are
the perfect example. We came into the conflicts with a military
highly specialized in waging conventional war — and in that
part of the operations we succeeded swiftly. But we simply did
not conduct the planning and coordination needed to wage
the peace. Yes, the U.S. military has waged counter-insurgen-
cies in the past, but Iraq and Afghanistan have emphasized
the unique needs of such complex operations on an unprec-
edented scale. It is clear that military operations must be
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this next generation. Growing up in a world of diversity, they
are blind to the color of a person’s skin and accepting of all the
differences among God’s children. Oriented toward activism,
they are free of ideological straitjackets and partisan road-
blocks. They see in politics and government the vehicles for
taking care of one another and the instruments for repairing
this country and the world.
To all those who saw the Obama campaign as an improb-
able journey, I say this was always its destiny. Coming from
another generation, I feel lucky to have planted my flag with
this new one.
Alan D. Solomont is a Tufts trustee and a visiting faculty
member in the political science department. He was the
chairman of Northeast fundraising for the Obama cam-
paign.
supported by, or perhaps even support, political efforts in this
environment.
As noted in Thomas Ricks’ powerful book on the Iraq war,
“Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq” (2006),
there is a pronounced difference between fighting the insur-
gents and fighting the insurgency — the latter requires inte-
gration of military and civilian efforts, with a focus away from
kinetic operations, toward greater cultural understanding and
community work. Without anthropologists, historians and
political experts, military work will not have a lasting positive
impact.
What happens when civilian and military leaders actually
do understand each other? “Fiasco” also provides a telling case
study. When the two arms of national power were integrated
in Iraq, counter-insurgency strategy worked. Ricks describes
the efforts of Lt. Gen. George Casey, the former commanding
general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, as follows: “In the
summer of 2004, his greatest contribution appears to have
been ... his work to ensure that henceforth the U.S. civilian and
military efforts would cooperate rather than clash.” Yet, during
the same conflict, numerous instances of tension and lack of
understanding have set accomplishments back, ignored local
customs and, most tragically, cost the lives of Americans and
Iraqi civilians.
The military will inevitably continue to play an integral
role in facing the challenges before our nation. Adapting to
today’s missions — whether they are fighting the Taliban in
Afghanistan or distributing humanitarian assistance in Africa
— requires sincere cooperation on all sides. Where the mili-
tary’s vast logistical capacity is called upon to distribute peace-
ful services to tragedy-stricken countries, an understanding
of military roles and responsibilities will even aid NGOs and
relief workers in conducting their work separately from, but
not in conflict with, armed forces.
ALLIES and the Intellectual Roundtable represent a first
step toward making all of these relationships productive ones.
ALLIES events and membership are free and open to all, so if
you are intrigued by the chance to engage in the future of pub-
lic service before leaving Tufts, we look forward to welcoming
you aboard.
James Nadel is a senior majoring in International
Relations. Bruce Ratain is a sophomore majoring in politi-
cal science.
Monday, November 24, 2008
An interview with Barney Frank
by Michael Bendetson
Barney Frank is one of the most prominent Democrats
in the United States House of Representatives. Since 1981,
Frank has been at the forefront on a wide variety of
national issues ranging from gay rights to the Iraq war. As
the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,
he is a major force in determining the future of the
American economy. While Frank technically only repre-
sents Massachusetts’ fourth district, his interests extend far
wider into national and global concerns.
Michael Bendetson: Considering that you are a graduate
of Harvard College and of Harvard Law School, you could
have made a large income in the private sector. However,
you disregarded the financial payoffs and entered poli-
tics. Why did you choose to become a public servant?
Barney Frank: I like to enjoy what I am doing. I have a
pretty strong sense of changes that I would like to see in
the world. I don’t have expensive tastes, so I am not really
making an enormous sacrifice. I also realized early on,
being gay, I was not going to have a spouse and children
to support. Although some gay people make that choice, I
was not going to do so. I have always been able to do fairly
well on my congressional salary.
MB: Retrospectively, you seem to have been one of the
133 geniuses who voted against the Iraq War Resolution.
Most congressman were influenced, as Sen. Clinton has
stated, by “the context of weapons of mass destruction,
grave threats to the United States, and clearly, Saddam
Hussein had been a real problem for the international
community for more than a decade.” How did you man-
age to overcome the propaganda of the Bush administra-
tion and make an informed decision?
BF: Well, first … there was this concern of public opinion.
I had enough confidence in the people of my district to
say that I do not think they would get spooked that way.
Finally, it seemed to be clear to me, then and now, that
Saddam Hussein was a terrible person for his own coun-
try. While I regretted that, unfortunately there is not a lot
we can do … I do not think we can go around throwing
people out of office just because they are mistreating
their own people. It never seemed to me that he was a
threat to this country. I thought the sanctions we had
were working reasonably well...
MB: [With your 1987 announcement, you became
the second openly gay congressman in U.S. history.]
Considering it was a risky move at the time, why did you
decide to “come out?”
BF: I was going crazy trying to remain in the closet. I
was doing dumb things … I found it impossible to have
a healthy emotional life and to meet physical and emo-
tional needs ... I struggled to hide it. I could not meet men
that I wanted to be involved with. It was emotionally very
stressful for me. The decision was largely personal…
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MB: Since 2003, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have
donated over $3 million dollars to federal candidates,
including $30,000 given to your campaign. Did this cre-
ate a conflict of interest for you and the rest of your fellow
congressman, considering the fact that you were receiv-
ing money from the interests that you were supposed to
be regulating?
BF: No. Everyone donates money to congressmen. Labor
unions give you money, grocery stores give you money,
so why would you single out Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac? Doctors give congressmen money, but we pass
Medicare laws. Automobile dealers give us money, but
we pass laws about automobile mileage. The Supreme
Court has ruled that the American people have the right
to give their money as they so choose and that they can-
not be stopped. As to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, I was
in the minority in the House from 1995 through 2006,
and no bill passed as a result of the Republican major-
ity. I became chairman of the [House Financial Services
Committee] on Jan. 31, 2007. Within two months, we
passed the bill that the administration wanted to pass to
regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
MB: For years the federal government has placed pres-
sure on banks to lend capital to poorer individuals.
Retrospectively, did the government make a mistake in
forcing banks to lend money to high-risk people?
BF: No, because the government did not force banks
to lend money to high-risk people, but rather to poor-
er neighborhoods. The Community Reinvestment Act
[CRA] is the legislation in question. The act only applies
to banks. The loans that caused the trouble were on a
whole not made by banks. They were made by mortgage
finance companies. ... Over the course of the last 30
years, new entities rose up. Mortgage finance companies
and others were unregulated, and they made loans. If
only entities covered by the CRA made loans, we would
not have the subprime problem.
MB: Beginning with his inauguration, you have been
a strong critic of George W. Bush and his policies. With
regard to the economy, where did the president go wrong?
BF: Well, first, with his total deregulation. We wanted to
regulate and prevent subprime mortgages from being
granted. His administration opposed that. [Bush] would
not support regulation of hedge funds, private equity or
additional entities that have caused this trouble. In addi-
tion, he has been a union buster and has pushed through
tax plans that provide tax relief to people at the upper
end. He has also pushed for trade pacts without any
offsets for people who are hurting. What he has basically
done is make the income distribution increasingly unfair,
and he is largely responsible for the problems of the poli-
cies of deregulation for the current disaster we are in.
MB: President Bush has run an economic plan around
the principles of supply-side economics. As an econom-
ics expert, do you believe that this economic theory
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works?
BF: No, it clearly does not work. Alan Greenspan once
said [that] supply-side economics argued, among other
things, that if you cut taxes and tax rates, you would
end up with more tax revenue.” I was at a hearing, and a
Republican congressman asked Greenspan about [this].
[Greenspan] … responded by stating, “Well that is theo-
retically possible; it [has] just never happened in my life-
time.” At that time, he was 82 years old.
MB: In 2003, Bush proposed a new federal agency to
supervise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to
The New York Times, the agency “would have the author-
ity, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the
two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It
would exercise authority over any new lines of business.
And it would determine whether the two are adequately
managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.” In
response you stated, “These two entities — Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial
crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the
more pressure there is on these companies, the less we
will see in terms of affordable housing.” What were your
concerns about the proposed bill?
BF: The bill you are referring to is the one the Republicans
did not pass and we passed in 2007, when we were in the
majority. [Fannie and Freddie] were not in crisis; neither
were Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Bank and AIG. I sup-
ported increasing the regulation, but they were not in cri-
sis. None of these financial institutions were in crisis five
years ago. The crisis came after too many subprime loans
were made … We supported regulation. The Republicans
were the ones who did not pass the bill. I had no control
of what went on … The bill you are talking about did not
pass until I became chairman in 2007. I have always been
a strong supporter of the bill.
MB: Many Americans fail to realize the difficulty of being
in the minority in Congress with regards to passing legis-
lation. Compare and contrast the Republican-controlled
Congress with the Democrat-controlled Congress.
BF: Clearly, the Democrats are for regulation, and the
Republicans are not … The Democrats in early 1994
— when we were still in the majority — passed a bill
instructing the Federal Reserve to regulate subprime
loans. The Republicans soon took control of Congress in
1995, and Greenspan refused to accept our bill. The new
Congress agreed with Greenspan. Nothing happened
with regards to regulation until the Democrats retook
control of Congress in 2007.
MB: As of mid-July 2008, you identified that Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac “were not the best investments” but
“were in good shape going forward.” How come your
committee, Congress, the president and the American
public were caught so off-guard by the financial crisis?
BF: Remember, we were not caught off guard. We had
passed the bill that ought to have taken care of it. I did
not think that [the Treasury was] going to have use the
authority, but we had given them the authority. We did
know there were serious economic troubles. The secre-
tary of [the] Treasury had said to us, “Give me the author-
ity to put $200 billion dollars into the economy, but I
almost certainly will not have to use it.” As a result, we
gave him the authority to do it. The markets were more
skeptical than we had thought, but we were not caught
off-guard …
MB: As the chairman of the House Financial Services
Committee, you were a major supporter of the $700 bil-
lion federal bailout bill. Why did you feel the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act was the best solution at that
point in time instead of the Republicans’ economic
recovery plan?
BF: Secretary Paulson thought the Republican plan was
ridiculous. Their plan was to insure mortgages in the
future; it did nothing with regards to the current situation.
The essence of their plan was, “We need more money for
people to lend.” In order to do this, their plan was to take
all the profits that companies have made overseas and
make it free of taxes ... They said, “Let’s waive the taxes
on the money they owned overseas and let them bring it
back and they will have more money to lend.”
MB: Considering all of the immense problems and issues
facing the country, what do you feel President-elect
Barack Obama should focus on in his first hundred days?
BF: Well, pulling out from Iraq and simultaneously pro-
ducing an economic stimulus plan for the recession
are the most essential. Those two tasks alone are going
to be difficult. In the short term, spend to simulate the
economy over the next year and half and make that up by
getting out of Iraq. The war in Iraq has cost $600 billion.
Michael Bendetson is a freshman who has not yet declared
a major.
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Greatest season in program history ends at hands of NESCAC foe in double overtime
CHAMPIONSHIP have been a lot worse. Tufts was
continued from page 1 awarded three penalty corners
Trailing 2-1 at halftime, the between the 6:10 and 7:06 marks
Jumbos forced overtime behind a of the second half, but the Jumbos
second-half surge that saw them could not push the ball past the pro-
verbial wall that was Mercer, who
FIELD HOCKEY made four critical saves during the
stretch. Mercer then stopped Tufts
(19-2, 9-0 NESCAC)
on three more corner chances in the
NCAA Championship
final 6:16 of the period to keep the
Collegeville, Penn., Yesterday score knotted at two.
OT 2OT
“Emileigh Mercer is an awesome
Bowdoin 2 0 0 1 — 3 goalie,” McDavitt said. “We watched
Tufts 1 1 0 0 — 2 the [semifinal] game [Saturday] ver-
sus Ursinus, and she had some fan-
NCAA Semifinals tastic saves against them. Whenever
Collegeville, Penn., Saturday I thought we had a shot, she’d get it.
Then, we’d get a second opportu-
Tufts 2 3 — 5 nity, and she’d dive and get that, too.
Messiah 2 0 — 2 I thought she just did an excellent
job for them.”
That set the stage for the first of
outshoot the Polar Bears 8-1. They two riveting overtime periods, in
notched the equalizer with 20:06 which each squad had its opportu-
left in regulation, as sophomore nities to put the national title away.
forward Tamara Brown received a The Jumbos’ best chance came on
perfect lead pass from junior for- a penalty corner in the game’s 78th
ward Michelle Kelly and found the minute, but the team could not
back of the cage for the 28th time convert it into a shot on goal. On
this season. the Polar Bears’ side, meanwhile,
“At the time, we thought this was McNamara hit the left post with a
the last 35 minutes of our season,” shot attempt in the final 15 seconds
coach Tina McDavitt said. “We just of the first overtime period.
talked about just giving 100 per- But on the first scoring opportuni-
cent, laying it on the line, giving it ty for either side in the second over-
all they had, and that’s what they time, the All-American redeemed
did. Tamara’s goal was fantastic. The herself, notching the 92nd and final
team was working really hard to get goal of her illustrious career in the
the ball up to the forwards, and they game’s 87th minute.
were able to do that.” The Jumbos did have a lead in the
Had it not been for the stellar game, jumping out to a 1-0 advan-
play of Bowdoin senior goalkeeper tage at the 1:13 mark of the first
Emileigh Mercer, the damage could half when Brown tipped in a free
hit that was rifled off the stick of
Scholtes. But Bowdoin immediate-
ly turned back Tufts’ momentum,
tying the contest just 1:25 later on
a tally by senior forward Madeleine
McQueeney.
“As our coach says, the two
minutes after either team scores
a goal are the most important,”
Scholtes said. “That’s when
another goal is usually scored by
either team. We were just caught
off guard from their goal. It kind
of took away our momentum. We
had to start over, regroup and get
back to our hockey.”
For the remainder of the first half,
the Jumbos’ offense mounted virtu-
ally no threats, as the team failed to
register another shot until the 31:44
mark of the period. With the ball
primarily in Tufts’ end, the Polar
Bears capitalized, as junior forward
Shavonne Lord put home a rebound Courtesy Ursinus College Sports Information
with 24:16 to play in the half, to give Junior forward Michelle Kelly battles Bowdoin senior forward Madeleine
Bowdoin a 2-1 advantage heading McQueeney for the ball during the field hockey team’s double-overtime loss.
into halftime.
“Bowdoin’s just a solid team and conference regular season crown. each at one point ranked No. 1
just such a solid defensive team,” Bowdoin exacted its revenge nine this season. A fourth proved too
McDavitt said. “It is hard to get days later, dealing the squad a 1-0 elusive, but for Tufts, not even a
around them and get through them. setback in the NESCAC champion- loss this bitter could taint all that
When we had one on one, they did ship game on Bello Field. Following the team accomplished in 2008.
a great job of breaking up the play yesterday’s win, the Polar Bears “As sad and as frustrating and
and just stopping the ball.” have now lost to the Jumbos just as upsetting as it is to lose, look-
The game marked the third once in the last decade. ing back, we had an amazing sea-
meeting between NESCAC rivals Yesterday’s defeat brings to a son,” Scholtes said. “We couldn’t
Tufts and Bowdoin this season. close what will unquestionably go have asked for a better season;
The teams first squared off in their down as the field hockey team’s 19-2 is an amazing record and
respective regular season fina- greatest season ever, one which nothing to look back on and be
les on Oct. 31, when the Jumbos featured a perfect 14-0 regular disappointed about. It just sets
went into Brunswick, Maine and season, the deepest postseason the stage for next year. There’s
knocked off the then-No. 1 Polar run in program history and three only one way to go: back to the
Bears 4-3 to clinch Tufts’ first-ever victories over teams that were national championship.”

Jumbos fall in season opener Pierce named tournament MVP, while Beyel
ICE HOCKEY
continued from page 15
Although there is a three-way com-
petition going on for the starting takes spot on weekend’s All-Tournament team
the period. At the time of the goal, goalkeeping job between Barchard,
Tufts freshman Matt Amico received McNamara and freshman Evin MEN’S BASKETBALL held the lead for much of the sec- to stepping up on defense and
a two-minute minor and a 10-min- Koleini, Barchard proved with 49 continued from page 15 ond half. moving forward as a team.”
ute misconduct for unsportsman- saves that, even as a freshman, he including 12 points from Pierce, With the game tied at 66, Beyel As in Saturday’s game, the
like conduct, making it difficult for can handle the pressure of being a 11 from Gallant and eight from scored the next five points and Jumbos spread the wealth on the
the Jumbos to work their way back starting goalie. freshman forward James Long. gave the Jumbos a lead they offensive end.
into the game. “We want all three guys to be After struggling to balance the would never relinquish. Once “It’s a lot easier to stop one per-
“They scored in the third and competing to play,” Murphy said. offense on Tuesday night, Gallant son instead of five people that are
then we just took a dumb penalty,” “The biggest thing for us is play- was pleased to see the emergence consistently scoring,” Pierce said.
Murphy said. ing with confidence,” Antonelli said. of more scoring threats. “For us to really pull “So we made a very conscious
Williams junior Alex Smigelski “We have all the tools to get it done; “It’s nice to see guys like Galvin through and get that effort to get Dave Beyel involved,
added one more goal with an empty- it’s just a matter of the younger guys and [junior guard] Dave [Beyel] who played great and made the
netter at 19:25 to close the contest. learning to use them.” having big nights,” Gallant said. for him is huge. He All-Tournament team. When we
“There was just a bounce or two The Jumbos will next face “James, the young freshman, had a focus on getting other people
that didn’t go our way, but I think Plymouth State in a nonconference good night tonight. It’s good to see
played it off like it shots it really opens up the floor.”
we played a pretty good game,” game in the PAL Stovepipe Cup at everyone scoring and everyone wasn’t important, but Beyel led all scorers with
Antonelli said. “We have a young Manchester, New Hampshire on contributing. I know the coaches 24 points, while Pierce and
group and people were really excited Saturday. and me and Jon as captains are a milestone like that Gallant added 21 and 14,
for the first game.” “We’re not pushing the panic but- pleased to see that.” for a coach is a big respectively. Galvin also
One thing that the young Jumbo ton yet,” Murphy said. “We’re young When Tufts extended its lead chipped in nine assists.
squad took away from the week- and we’re only going to get better to 27 points in the second half, deal. I was glad that For all the success over the
end was the strength of its youth. and better each week.” WCSU trimmed its deficit down weekend, Pierce and Gallant
to 10 points with 4:19 remaining
we got to be a part of know there is plenty of room for
Eating Disorder Treatment in the contest. But Tufts stiffened that as a team.” improvement. Both noted that
the defense and never allowed the Jon Pierce the number of turnovers has
Treatment of Adults lead to dip into single digits.
Pierce led all scorers with 22
junior co-captain to decrease, while the focus on
defense has to remain constant.
Suffering from Anorexia and points, while Gallant and Beyel The Jumbos will have a full
both contributed 15. Tufts com- again, the defense played a large week free from competition to
Bulimia Nervosa bated a sloppy offensive effort — role in keeping the Hawks at bay. sort out these issues before they
which included 28 turnovers — by “We came down and we got travel to Brandeis on Sunday.
For the most effective treatment and highest staff-to-client ratio in New
getting to the charity stripe and four big stops in a row and con- “I’m confident that going
England, informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. We
converting on 37 of 53 attempts. verted on a few of those and we in with a week of practice that
provide extensive programming in a highly structured and supervised Friday night the Jumbos took took the lead and we held it from we’re going to be very prepared
non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, residential, and aftercare an early lead but watched it slowly there on,” Gallant said. “We kept and confident that we’re going to
programs in West Medford and West Somerville. Call Linda at slip away to the hosting Roger getting stops and getting some come out with another victory,”
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Monday, November 24, 2008 The Tufts Daily Sports 13

courtesy Bob Kelly

The field hockey team gets set to defend a pass during its national championship game loss to Bowdoin yesterday afternoon in Collegeville, Penn. The Jumbos mounted a second-half
comeback against the Polar Bears, but it wasn’t enough, as Bowdoin notched the game-winner in double overtime.

2008 NCAA DIVISION III

FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
First Round Second Round Third Round Semifinals National Championship
November 12 November 15 November 16 November 22 November 23

Messiah (14-1)
Messiah
Eastern (14-6)
Eastern
Skidmore* (15-3)
Anderson Field Messiah
Messiah College
Trinity (Conn.)* (12-4) Grantham, Penn.
Trinity
Neumann (11-10)
Rowan
Rowan (14-4) Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnea Field
Ursinus College
Tufts
TCNJ (15-2) Collegeville, Penn.

TCNJ
Chris. Newport (13-5)
Chris. Newport
Johns Hopkins* (16-4)
Bello Field Tufts
Tufts University
Keene St. (18-5) Medford, Mass.
Springfield Eleanor Frost Alumnae Field
Springfield* (15-6) Ursinus College
Tufts
Collegeville, Penn.
Tufts (16-1)

Bowdoin (15-2)
BOWDOIN
Bowdoin NATIONAL
Wooster (16-5)
Stevens Institute* (18-3)
Stevens Institute CHAMPION
Howard F. Ryan Field Bowdoin
Bowdoin College
New England College (17-4) Brunswick, Maine
Lebanon Valley
Lebanon Valley* (18-3)
Middlebury
Middlebury (13-3) Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnea Field
Ursinus College
Bowdoin
Salisbury (15-3) Collegeville, Penn.

Cortland St.
Castleton (14-7)
Cortland St.
Cortland St.* (15-2)
Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnea Field Ursinus
Ursinus College
Lynchburg* (17-5) Collegeville, Penn.
Lynchburg
Sewanee (14-6)
Ursinus *-denotes host institution for first-round games

Ursinus (17-2)
14 The Tufts Daily Sports Monday, November 24, 2008

Faller runs PR at NCAAs, but McNamara, Wilfert record individual success

falls short of last year’s finish
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
continued from page 16
men earning All-American titles
for finishing in the top 35 in the
field of 278 competitors.
Faller finished the 8,000-
meter course in 24:59.89, just
10 seconds outside of 20th
place but less than a second
from missing out on the All-
American recognition. Despite
setting a PR in the event, the
junior found the elite competi-
tion stiff on the course.
“[The race] went out fairly
conservatively throughout the
first mile as far as Nationals go,”
coach Ethan Barron said. “But
being pretty much a flat course,
they were able to hold the pace
more than they would on a lot of
other courses. Almost everyone I
ished off strong.”
“Everything was going
[according] to plan for the
first mile or two miles — kind
of get out strong, establish
a good position and start to
pick off the runners who had
gone out too fast,” Faller said.
“I think it was the third and
fourth miles where I started
to kind of lose it a little bit. I
wasn’t keeping the pace and I
was getting passed by a lot of
guys that I knew were slower
than me. Nationals is a relent-
less race in the sense that it
starts out fast and is fast for
the entirety of the race. I knew
that in theory but having it
happen in the race was dif-
ficult to respond to.”
The racecourse itself con-
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
continued from page 16
“At Nationals, any time you let
up at all, someone is there to pass
you,” McNamara said. “It’s not
just one person — there’s a group
of people. Within a one- or two-
second spread, there can be four
people. It’s crazy.
“Last year when I got passed
by that group, they gapped me a
little bit,” she continued. “[This
year] I had enough to keep work-
ing towards them. Even though
I couldn’t catch them, it played
a crucial role — not only was I
going after them, I could hear
people behind me … that’s prob-
ably the biggest thing that helped
me in this race.”
Wilfert’s feat was similarly
impressive in her first appear-
ance on the national stage. After
finishing 14th at Regionals Nov.
15, she beat out all but seven of
her New England competitors,
just missing All-American recog-
nition by 15 seconds.
“You can’t really find fault with
her race,” Morwick said. “It’s
Nationals, and there are some great
runners out there. I think for her
first time ever, she’s just made such
improvements … yeah, she doesn’t
get the All-American, but she still
had a phenomenal season and ran
great at Nationals.”
Wilfert’s placement was steady
within the field, as she stayed
within the range of the upper 30s
and upper 40s. The race capped
off a remarkable fall campaign for
Wilfert, whose hard work paid off
in the form of a vastly improved
sophomore campaign.
“Amy was pretty much out there
doing that on her own,” Morwick
said. “I give her a lot of credit for
fighting so hard.”
While the Jumbos’ team perfor-
mance may have been less than
ideal this season, with youth on
its side, Morwick is confident that
next year’s lineup will benefit from
McNamara and Wilfert’s successes
this weekend.
“What’s great is that they’re
only sophomores,” Morwick said.
“They’ll have many more experi-
ences at this level. Every time you
can run at a national champion-
ship and do well and PR, that just
gives you confidence for the next
time around. I think it was a great
week and a great experience for
those guys.”

Young Tufts team anticipates future success

talked to after the race set a per-
sonal best for an 8k course, Jesse
included.”
Saturday’s competition marked
Faller’s second time competing
at the NCAA Championship. Last
year he qualified as part of the
Jumbo squad and led his team-
mates at the national meet with
an 18th-place finish.
“It was disappointing getting
35th when I was kind of gun-
ning for a top 20 or a top 15
spot,” Faller said. “I was still All-
American, and it was still an
8k PR for me to run under 25
minutes, but it was a little bit
unsatisfying finishing 35th this
year and not improving from last
year’s finish.
“It’s disappointing looking
back at the results and seeing
if I only had run 15 seconds
faster, how many places I would
have been up,” he continued. “It
would have been more like where
I expected to finish. Knowing
that I could have only run 10 or
15 seconds faster is unsettling.”
Nevertheless, Barron praised
Faller’s efforts and said the junior
ran an intelligent race.
“Jesse is a really great run-
ner at sticking to a more foun-
dational open-ended strategy
and setting himself up to run
a great race and then being a
smart enough runner to make
decisions as he goes,” Barron
said. “He did exactly that this
weekend. He put himself in a
great position at the mile and
then moved up the race. He put
himself in the position to be an
All-American, and then he fin-
sisted of a series of field loops,
which can sometimes prove a
factor in longer-distance compe-
tition, but the course for NCAA
Championships appeared not to
have affected Faller’s results.
“From an athlete’s perspec-
tive, it can be boring to run the
same loops over and over again,”
Barron said. “Sometimes it’s easy
to fall asleep out there, which I
don’t think Jesse did, but run-
ning a predominately flat course
in circles isn’t very exciting —
granted Nationals takes care of
much of the excitement.”
Barron also praised the
fans who made the trek out to
Hanover, Ind. to support Faller
along with women’s cross coun-
try runners, sophomores Steph
McNamara and Amy Wilfert,
who also earned individual bids
to Nationals.
“I think it’s pretty safe to say
we have some of the most dedi-
cated fans in the nation, for us
to have 34 athletes rent their
own vans and drive all the way
to Indiana to watch the race
for Jesse and the two women,”
Barron said. the top spot in the National Field
“No other New England pro-
gram can put that together, and
I think it says a lot about Jesse,
Stephanie and Amy and about
their teammates. I think a lot of
their success at the meet is owed
to their family and teammates
that came out to support them.”
“I was proud to represent
my team and Tufts University
as a whole, and I definitely felt
the support of my teammates,”
Faller said.
after national runner-up showing to close fall
FIELD HOCKEY
continued from page 16
have been a solid unit on and
off the field that has allowed us
to come together in close games
throughout the season and pull
through. I think that that dynam-
ic is really unique to Tufts.”
The success against elite com-
petition continued into the post-
season, when Tufts overcame
traditional Mid-Atlantic heavy-
weights The College of New Jersey
(TCNJ) and Messiah in the quar-
ter and semifinal rounds of the
NCAA Tournament, respectively.
Of particular symbolic meaning
was Saturday’s decisive 5-2 win
over the nationally ranked No. 1
Falcons, representing Tufts’ third
win over a squad that was at one
point No. 1 this season.
For a team that felt slighted
by the national polls all season
long — the Jumbos never reached
Hockey Coach’s Association
(NFHCA) poll despite posting the
only unbeaten regular season in
the nation — beating top-caliber
teams sent a resounding message.
“We feel a sense of vindica-
tion after being looked over in
the national poll despite our
successes on the field in the
regular season and in the NCAA
Tournament,” Jasinski said. “I
think that we’re going to finally
be seen as a real force on the
national level as well as in our
own conference, as the NESCAC
has some of the best teams and I
think we will be considered one
of the strongest next year.”
“No one took us too seriously
last year; when we beat teams
like Middlebury, it was seen as
a fluke,” junior forward Amanda
Russo said. “I think that our suc-
cess this season has put to rest all
of those feelings in the conference
and around the field hockey com-
munity. We’ve beaten Bowdoin
when they were No. 1 and we’ve
beaten Messiah when they were
No. 1. We’ve improved drastically
every year and we’re showing that
Tufts is one of the best programs
in the nation.”
Yesterday’s loss not only closed
the book on the 2008 season, but
it also marked the end of the ten-
ures of several key players on the
Tufts squad. The loss marked the
last game of the careers of senior
tri-captains Marlee Kutcher,
Brittany Holiday and Jasinski. The
captains, whose presence was val-
ued on both offense and defense,
recorded a combined eight goals
and 11 assists on the season.
But this season has also show-
cased the talent of an up-and-
coming roster, with juniors and
sophomores who will be tapped
to lead the team in future seasons
topping the points list. Brown,
most notably, returned to Bello
Field in 2008 after a season-end-
ing ACL injury last year and hasn’t
slowed down since, shattering the
program record for goals in a sea-
son with 28.
The Jumbos can also look
to its scoring leaders, juniors
Russo and Michelle Kelly, who
posted a combined 26 goals.
Eleven other players also tallied
scores over the course of the
year, a testament to the depth
and talent of the squad.
While the championship elud-
ed this year’s squad, its accom-
plishments have brought Tufts
unprecedented national promi-
nence and an elevated reputation
among the ranks of traditionally
successful Div. III field hockey
programs. Although yesterday’s
loss wasn’t the ideal ending to a
historic season, one thing is for
sure: Tufts has arrived and is here
for the duration.
“It’s really cool to have had
such a momentous season,”
Brown said. “It’s also great that
we have a young team with tal-
ent at all levels. Next year and
the year after won’t be rebuild-
ing years. We’re going into the
offseason knowing what we are
capable of. We’ve redefined in a
lot of people’s minds what our
program can accomplish. We’re
going to build on all the records
we broke this year and we can’t
wait to start over again.”

StatISTICS | Standings SCHEDULE | Nov. 24 - Nov. 28
MON TUE WED THUR FRI

Field Hockey Men's Basketball Hockey

(19-2, 9-0 NESCAC) (2-1, 0-0 NESCAC) (0-2-0, 0-2-0 NESCAC) Men’s
Basketball
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L T W L W L W L T W L T
Tufts 9 0 19 2 0 Amherst Colby 2 0 2 0 0 Women’s vs. Endicott
0 0 3 0 0 5:30 p.m.
Bowdoin 7 2 19 2 0 Bates 0 0 1 1 Middlebury 2 0 0 2 0 0 Basketball
Middlebury 7 2 14 4 0 Bowdoin 0 0 2 1 Williams 2 0 0 2 0 0
Amherst 6 3 10 5 0 Colby 0 0 2 2 Bowdoin 1 0 1 1 0 1
Trinity 6 3 13 5 0 Conn. Coll 0 0 1 2 Amherst 1 1 0 1 1 0 Hockey
Williams 3 6 6 9 0 Middlebury 0 0 4 1 Hamilton 1 1 0 1 1 0
Bates 2 7 6 9 0 Trinity 0 0 1 2 Trinity 1 1 0 1 1 0
Colby 2 7 5 10 0 Tufts 0 0 2 1 Wesleyan 1 1 0 1 1 0 Men’s
Conn. Coll. 2 7 6 8 0 Wesleyan 0 0 2 0 Swimming and
0 0 0 2 Conn. Coll. 0 2
Wesleyan 2 7 3 11 0 Diving
Williams 0 0 2 1 Tufts 0 2 0 0 2 0

Individual Statistics Women’s

Individual Statistics Individual Statistics Swimming and
G A Pts.
G A Pts PPG RPG APG 1 Diving
Joe Milo 1 0
T. Brown 28 5 61 Jon Pierce 27.7 10.3 1.3 1
Nick Resor 1 0
A. Russo 12 9 33 Dave Beyel 17.7 4.3 2.0 1 Indoor Track
Dylan Cooper 0 1
M. Kelly 14 3 31 Aaron Gallant 14.3 1.7 1.0 1 and Field
Tom Derosa 0 1
B. Holiday 6 3 15 Matt Galvin 6.3 3.7 7.0 1
Matt Ryder 0 1
M. Burke 6 1 13 James Long 6.3 3.3 0.3 1
Lindsay Walker 0 1
M. Scholtes 2 9 13 Tom Selby 5.0 5.7 0.7 0
Matt Amico 0 0 Men’s
I. Lewnard 4 1 9 Dan Cook 2.7 1.3 0.0 0
David Antonelli 0 0 Squash
L. Griffith 4 0 8 Sam Mason 2.7 3.7 0.3 0
Andy Davis 0 0
T. Guttadauro 3 1 7 Reed Morgan 2.7 3.0 1.3 0
Andrew Delorey 0 0
A. Roberts 1 5 7 Brian Lowry 0.7 0.0 0.0 6
Team 2 4 Women’s
T. Jasinski 0 7 7 Peter Saba 0.3 1.3 0.3
Max Cassidy 0.0 0.5 0.0 Squash
Goalkeeping S GA S%
Goalkeeping GA S S% Henry Lewis 0.0 1.0 0.0
Scott Barchard 62 8 .885
M. Zak 17 58 .773 Butterfield-Bragg 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jay McNamara 25 4 .862
K. Hyder 4 5 .556 Team 88.0 35.0 18.0
Team 77 12 .865 Jumbocast
Monday, November 24, 2008 The Tufts Daily Sports 15
Men’s Basketball

Tufts takes tourney title as Sheldon earns 300th win as coach

by Alex Lach for Tournament MVP honors. “He played it
Daily Staff Writer off like it wasn’t important, but a milestone
like that for a coach is a big deal. I was glad
As far as weekends go, the men’s basket- that we got to be a part of that as a team.”
ball team’s certainly won’t forget Friday and After surrendering 90 points to Babson in
Saturday anytime soon. its first game of the season, an overtime loss
Playing in the Roger Williams University/ to the Beavers Tuesday, Tufts came into the
Courtyard by Marriott Tournament, the weekend intent on improving its defensive
Jumbos took home the tourney crown intensity. In Saturday’s game, the Jumbos
did exactly that, holding WCSU to just 32.5
MEN’S BASKETBALL percent shooting, including 2-of-18 from
(2-1, 0-0 NESCAC) three-point range.
at Roger Williams Tournament, Bristol, “We challenged just about every shot this
R.I., Saturday weekend; we tried not to give up any uncon-
tested looks; we were always running at
Western Conn. 30 44 — 74 people — and I think it showed up in the
Tufts 51 38 — 89 stats sheet how we performed,” Pierce said.
Down 20-19 with 9:11 left in the first half,
Tufts went on a 32-10 run to blow the game
at Roger Williams Tournament, Bristol, wide open and headed into the locker room
R.I., Saturday with a 51-30 lead over the Colonials. Pierce
said the outburst, while an impressive dis-
Tufts 36 46 — 82 play of offense, was a result of the improved
Roger Williams 30 46 — 76 defensive play.
“[Sophomore point guard] Matt Galvin
Saturday with an 89-74 victory over Western and [senior co-captain guard] Aaron Gallant
Conn. State University (WCSU). A mere 19 did a really good job of containing their two
hours earlier, on Friday night, the squad perimeter players,” Pierce said. “And they
notched its first win of the season, beating did a really good job of forcing them into
host Roger Williams by a score of 82-76 to the help. So when we made our big run it all
give coach Bob Sheldon his 300th career vic- started on the defensive end. [Junior forward
tory as Tufts’ coach. Tom] Selby was blocking every shot in sight
“For us to really pull through and get that and when we had that help inside it really
for him is huge,” said junior co-captain for- made our guard’s jobs easier.” Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily

ward Jon Pierce, who totaled 43 points and Seven Jumbos scored in the first half, Junior forward Dave Beyel, shown here during Tuesday’s loss to Babson, is emerging as a
26 rebounds over the weekend, good enough strong second option for the Jumbos. He was second only to junior co-captain Jon Pierce
see MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 12 with 39 points in two games over the weekend at the Roger Williams Tournament.

Ice Hockey

Jumbos drop first two NESCAC contests of 2008-09 season

by Evan Cooper
Daily Staff Writer
The hockey team entered
the 2007-08 season with a pair of
NESCAC contests against Williams
and Middlebury and emerged 1-1
MEN’S HOCKEY
(0-2, 0-2 NESCAC)
at Middlebury, Vt., Saturday
Tufts 0 0 0 — 0
Middlebury 5 3 1 — 9
at Williamstown, Mass., Friday
Tufts 1 1 0 — 2
Williams 2 0 2 — 4
with a win over the Ephs with a
total of seven goals surrendered. But
in a pair of contests this weekend
that kicked off this season’s cam-
paign, the results were noticeably
worse as the Jumbos dropped both
matchups against the same oppo-
nents, Middlebury and Williams,
and were outscored 13-2 across the
two games.
Playing at Middlebury on
Saturday, Tufts found itself on thin
ice early on in what would end
as a 9-0 romp at the hands of the
Panthers. Freshman Martin Drolet
opened the Middlebury scoring at
3:36 of the first period, and just 90
seconds later sophomore Bryan
Curran found the back of the net
with a one-timer assisted by senior
Mason Graddock.
At 7:56 of the first period, soph-
omore Ken Suchoski made it a
3-0 game for Middlebury with a
power-play goal after Tufts sopho-
more Andy Davis had gone to the
box for hooking.
Junior John Sullivan added
another goal to the Panther’s tally
at 12:15, and freshman Tucker
Donahoe netted Middlebury’s fifth
and final goal of the period at 18:28
during four-on-four play following
a boarding call on Tufts freshman
Matt Amico and an interference
call on Middlebury sophomore
Michael Kretschmer at 17:32.
The Panthers outshot the
Jumbos 18-5, chasing freshman
Scott Barchard from the goal after
the first frame.
“We took Scott out because he
wasn’t getting support from the
guys; they were just all over us,”
coach Brian Murphy said. “[Kenyon
Arena] is a tough place to play versus
a nationally ranked team.”
Junior Jay McNamara replaced
Barchard between the pipes at the
start of the second period, and he
did not fare much better as Drolet
hit the twine for his second goal of
the night at just 0:32 in to the sec-
ond period.
The Panthers scored again at
6:07 with a goal by junior Charlie
Towsend and once more at 7:09
when Sullivan buried his second of
the night. Middlebury closed the
second period with an 8-0 lead.
Middlebury was only able to add
one more goal in the third, despite
once again lopsidedly outshooting
Tufts 19-5. Other than senior Jamie
McKenna’s power play goal at 11:36,
the Panther’s could not find the back
of the net against McNamara.
“McNamara did a good job keep-
ing us in there,” Murphy said.
Friday’s season-opener atWilliams
offered a relatively more positive
result for the Jumbos, although they
ultimately lost the game 4-2.
Williams got the scoring going
with an unassisted goal by senior
Brett Haraguchi at 14:14 in the first
period. Tufts freshman Nick Resor
responded by knotting the score
with the first goal of his collegiate
career at 17:42, assisted by soph-
omore Lindsay Walker and junior
Matt Ryder.
Freshman Justin Troiani broke
the tie less than a minute later, giv-
ing Williams a 2-1 lead to take into
the second frame.
Play after the break saw Barchard
stop all 17 shots he faced, help-
ing keep the Jumbos in the game
despite the offense firing only seven
shots in the period.
“Scott played well on Friday,
working on controlling his
rebounds,” Murphy said.
The score remained unchanged
until 15:53 of the second period,
when Tufts senior Joe Milo scored
the only goal of the period to make
it a 2-2 game.
“We did a lot of what we
were trying to do going into the
game,” junior co-captain David
Antonelli said.
With the score tied at 2-2 in the
third, freshman Sasha Voloshin
scored the game-winner for the Ephs
with an unassisted strike at 7:08 into
see ICE HOCKEY, page 12

Athletes of the Week

Steph Mcnamara AND AMY WILFERT, women’s cross country
Despite not being able to compete as a team, women’s cross country sophomore duo of Steph McNamara and Amy Wilfert still took great strides
at Saturday’s NCAA Championship in Hanover, Ind.
McNamara capped off her season with style on Saturday, hustling to 11th place in 21:23.71 to garner All-American status for the second year in a
row, while Wilfert captured 48th place with a time of 22:01 in her first experience at Nationals. McNamara’s finish marks a significant improvement
from last season’s NCAA showing, where she finished 30th to earn All-American honors. Meanwhile Wilfert’s time was just 15 seconds shy of All-
American recognition this year.
The race marks a fitting end to McNamara’s dominant year, in which she was Tufts’ unquestioned leader on the course. She has won three races
outright this year — the Trinity, Tufts and Planksy invitationals — and also did well in big spots, as she took second at NESCACs and fourth at All-New
Englands Nov. 15. Her lowest finish of the year was a sixth-place showing at the Open New England Championships, a meet that featured competition
outside of Div. III
Wilfert has also put together an exceptional season, finishing 11th at NESCACs and 14th at Regionals. Her highest placement of the year was third
at the Tufts Invitational, though she also tallied fourth- and a fifth-place finishes at the Trinity and Plansky invitationals, respectively.
Although the women’s cross country team had two runners participating in Nationals, the squad as a whole did not qualify. Middlebury won the
Team Championship with a score of 179. Lauren Flament/Tufts Daily

jON pIERCE, Men’s Basketball

Going into the men’s basketball season, it was no secret that if the team wanted to perform well junior co-captain Jon Pierce would have to carry the
load. He did exactly that, tallying 43 points and 26 rebounds across two games of the Roger Williams University/Courtyard by Marriott Tournament over
the weekend. Supported by Pierce’s impressive display, the Jumbos won both contests, with the junior co-captain playing impressively enough to garner
Tournament MVP honors.
In the squad’s first game against host Roger Williams, Pierce posted up 21 points and 10 boards en route to a 82-76 victory. The Jumbos’ victory over
the Hawks marked the 300th career win of coach Bob Sheldon during his 21-year tenure at the helm of the men’s basketball program, as well as serving
as the team’s first victory of the 2008-09 campaign.
In the second game of the tournament, Tufts faced off against Western Conn. State University. Pierce stepped up once again, leading all scorers with 22
points and adding 16 rebounds, as the Jumbos easily overcame the Owls 89-74 to win the tournament. Despite being the focal point of the offense and
leading the team with 68 minutes played in its two contests, Pierce showed his efficiency by committing only two turnovers throughout the weekend.
With these two victories, the Jumbos improved to 2-1 on the season. Their next game comes on Sunday, Nov. 30 at Brandeis, a team they lost to 89-87
last year.
Laura Schultz/Tufts Daily
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Men’s Basketball 15
Ice Hockey 15
Athlete of the Week 15
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Field Hockey

In spite of loss, Jumbos leave sizable footprint on national stage

by Michael Spera
Daily Staff Writer
Despite the field hockey team’s 3-2
double-overtime loss to Bowdoin in
yesterday’s NCAA championship
game, there is little doubt that the
national stage will from now on
have to make room for the Jumbos.
After finishing its best-ever season
at 19-2 overall, Tufts’ 2008 campaign
has proven that it can compete with
the best — and win.
Even though it suffered defeat
at the hands of a perennial field
hockey titan in the Polar Bears,
the field hockey program’s jour-
ney to its first-ever national title
contest appearance both signifies
how momentous this fall was for
the team in terms of its outstand-
ing accomplishments and also
heralds a promising future for a
youthful squad that has had its
first tastes of being the country’s
best — even if it came one dou-
ble-overtime goal short of offi-
cially owning that designation.
The impetus behind the
Jumbos’ climb into the nation’s
elite began last season, when a
heavy-underdog squad gave a
powerhouse Salisbury team a
run for its money in the second
round of the NCAA Tournament,
as the Jumbos only lost 2-0.
“We came out with high expec-
tations this September,” sopho-
more midfielder Tamara Brown
said. “After losing to Salisbury last
year in the NCAA Tournament, a
fire was lit under our team to come
out strong this year. Starting with
our opening-game win against
Wesleyan we’ve really never let
up. I don’t think that that mindset
is going to stop because of our
loss [in the championship]. Even
though we lost today, it was in
double-overtime and that alone
has started a fire under our feet as
we look to next year and the pos-
sibility of taking it all.”
The momentum of the Salisbury
game carried over into this season, courtesy Bob Kelly
when the team continued its rise Field hockey coach Tina McDavitt joins senior tri-captains Marlee Kutcher, Brittany Holiday and Tess Jasinski with
into the nation’s spotlight, high- the NCAA runner-up trophy in Collegeville, Penn yesterday.
lighted by Tufts’ in-conference
dominance. Having claimed both season-opening decimation over teams like Bowdoin, Trinity and “Being a part of this team since
spots in the NCAA title game in Wesleyan, a 5-0 win over Colby and Middlebury. The Jumbos record- freshman year, we have such a
each of the last two years, the a 6-0 triumph over Conn. College. ed regular season road wins over talented, close-knit group of girls,”
NESCAC can be readily consid- The team did not skip a beat all three teams, signaling to the senior tri-captain Tess Jasinski
ered the toughest conference in when it arrived at the tougher part nation that the team would be said. “Our team dynamic has been
Div. III. But the Jumbos at times of its NESCAC schedule, rousing a force to be reckoned with — key to our success this year. We
steamrolled through the confer- new rivalries against top-ranked, even before the start of the NCAA
ence competition, recording a 10-1 NCAA-qualifying conference Tournament. see FIELD HOCKEY, page 14

Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country

Close call: Faller squeaks to McNamara, Wilfert run personal

35th-place finish at Nationals bests at NCAA Championships
Junior Jesse Faller competed with the best of Div. III as the lone representative from the
men’s cross country team Saturday and finished 35th at the NCAA Championships in
Hanover, Ind.
by Lauren Flament
Daily Staff Writer
As the men’s cross country team’s
sole runner competing at NCAA
Championships Saturday, junior Jesse
Faller earned his second straight All-
American honor in Hanover, Ind., fin-
ishing 35th overall.
Lauren Flament/Tufts Daily
Hamilton junior Peter Kosgei, the
second-place finisher at last year’s
championship, won the race with a
time of 24:22.03, 10 seconds in front of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh senior Willy Kaul,
who finished second. Cortland State
won the team title, with its top four
see MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, page 14
by Carly Helfand
Daily Editorial Board
After missing the cut for the NCAA National
Championship race as a team, the women’s
cross country squad couldn’t have asked for
much more from its pair of individual repre-
sentatives, sophomores Stephanie McNamara
and Amy Wilfert, at this weekend’s race in
Hanover, Ind.
Both McNamara and Wilfert ran nearly
flawlessly in what were by far their best
respective races of the season, with Wilfert
cracking the top 50 for 48th place in her
first Nationals race and McNamara earning
All-American honors for the second straight
year with an 11th-place finish.
“It’s hard when you’re not there with a team
and you don’t have the team motivating you,”
coach Kristen Morwick said. “You just kind of
have what you put on yourself individually,
and I think they both really responded well
to that … I’m really glad that Amy and Steph
represented Tufts so well.”
For McNamara, whose 30th-place finish in
the 2007 race marked the best-ever by a Tufts
freshman, the goal was simple: improve on
last year’s showing. And having finished as
high as No. 2 in the conference over the course
of the season, a dramatic jump seemed well Lauren Flament/Tufts Daily
within McNamara’s reach. Sophomore Steph McNamara took 11th
“I wasn’t really positive that I could get into at Nationals Saturday to earn All-American
the top 15,” McNamara said. “I didn’t know the status for the second year in a row.
competition field that well from other regions,
[but Morwick] and I kind of had this under- ter than she did last year,” Morwick said. “I
standing that it would be possible this year.” think that was motivating her … that’s the
But even McNamara herself may not have smartest race she’s run all season, and what
anticipated just how pronounced that jump a time to do it.”
would be. After hanging back for the first mile, The heavy Nationals competition also fac-
McNamara inched her way up in the second tored into McNamara’s success; whereas she
mile, keeping pace with the top five for a large often found herself with a large lead in other
chunk of the race and warding off the group races this season, in this weekend’s race other
that threatened to overtake her. McNamara’s frontrunners kept constant pressure on and
time, a 21:23.7, vaulted her 19 spots ahead of kept her from easing up.
the mark she set last season.
“Steph was pretty determined to do bet- see WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY, page 14

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: BOW 4, BAB 2 - AMH 5, TRI 3 - MID 4, CON 3 - HAM 5, WES 4 - COL 3, MAS 2 - WIL
4, TUF 2 - COL 3, BAB 2 - TRI 4, HAM 1 - WIL 3, CON 2 - WES 1, AMH 0 - MID 9, TUF 0 - MAS 3, BOW 3
(OT). WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY: CON 4, BOW 2 - AMH 4, COL 1 - AMH 6, BOW 1 - COL 4, CON 0 - TRI 4,
WES 0.